[jeffwask]

To be fair, a 1.4% reduction in force isn't going to weaken YouTube. That's just some light spring cleaning. It's only newsworthy in the current zeitgeist.

[altairprime]

Pick your adjectives as you wish. To trivialize the layoff of a hundred workers is to reinforce that “can’t afford” isn’t applicable.

[nothercastle]

You could probably do a 90% musk off and still be fine for years at YouTube. Maybe keep the content moderation team though… but developers could go. YouTube does not need new features just maintenance at this point