Youtube's single largest capital expense is going to be Google Cloud. They're not paying market rates for that, and in any case, GCP pricing hasn't gone up to a level where YT would need to increase pricing by 40%.
They simply do not what their profitability price point is. And they never will, as they're not independent of Google.
They simply do not what their profitability price point is. And they never will, as they're not independent of Google.