Yes, YouTube Is A Business. Did You Just Figure That Out?

I personally find it comical how many users of the YouTube site believe they have "rights" on a private system that doesn’t grant them any. I also find it comical many believe that they can simply dictate to Google what they should and shouldn’t do with their own video sharing web site that’s free.

A classic example of this is in this video. Of course, you’ve got the standard "YouTube is dead" message (geez, how many times have we heard that?), followed by a seriously lame cinematic-style soundtrack and stuffed with a lot of "GOOGLE, YOU MUST DO THIS AND THIS AND THAT" dictator-style crapola. Way to put on the spin there, guy. You should work for Fox News.

It is very well known that Google has been trying like crazy for the past several years to turn a profit out of the YouTube site because it’s been losing money from day one. Everybody knew more big names were coming. Everybody knew more ads were coming. Everybody knew video advertisements were coming.

None of the upcoming changes for YouTube should be a surprise to anybody. And yet some are just "shocked" by it.

Be shocked all you want. YouTube is a business, and Google is trying to make some money with the site. In its first few years online, YouTube was a free-for-all. Rules be damned. Law be damned. And Google literally paid the price for it by being sued left and right several times. Lessons were learned and now they follow the rules as they were ordered to.

Now comes the point where they’re making good with all the businesses that were previously enemies. They’re saying, "We follow the rules now. Let’s make a deal." Deals were made. And you’ll be seeing them soon.

To all fervent YouTube "community" users: Please stop whining just because Google is trying to turn a profit from something that’s been losing money hand over fist for years. And yes, you are whining. You don’t have to pay to use the site. And you could use another video sharing site if you wanted to. So shaddup.

Oh, and one final note: The video linked above mentions Firefox 3 because it’s not a Google product and that you should use it because of that. Answer this: Why do you think Google is the default search engine in the Firefox browser? I’ll tell you. It’s because Google is the single largest overall fiscal contributor to the Mozilla Foundation, the makers of Firefox. Looks like you’ll have to start using Opera or IE.

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Graeme Pearce
Amen
http://none David M
Poor babies…if they don’t like it then that can pay for it. Somebody has to pay for it. Its called capitalism, stupid. …(aimed at the retards who want everything for free.)
http://none David M
… or more precisely, aimed at the retards who think businesses are supposed to run at a loss in order to keep them happy.
http://kkomp.com Sharron Field
I honestly couldn’t watch all of that video: Besides being far too long and talking like some halfwit who has dropped their brain and doesn’t have a microscope, it’s utterly boring. Now I understand what you mean about You-Tards. The bit that finally had me clicking the back button in Firefox was when he said “We need the ratings back so that we know what’s worth watching and what’s crap…”. Are You-Tards incapablele of deciding that for themselves? Obviously so. I did manage to hear the start of a list of demands; but quite frankly by then I’d totally lost interest.
Maybe it’s not just the previouis business practices that have caused You-Tube to make a loss; but equally or even moreso the clientele?