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Streaming giants have banded together for lobbying power (www.theverge.com)
submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Then why only mention revenue?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I didn't realize people can't do a 10 second google search on their own. 🙄

Net income isn't the whole story anyways, especially when this article points out that one of their costs is lobbying for a cause that isn't necessary. They're raking in billions of dollars every year.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (2 children)

"just Google it, bro" is never a source.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Not my fault you aren't capable of typing 4 words into a search engine.

It's not a 'source', bud.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

🙄

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Did you know profitability =! Net income?

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yes. Did you know that "just Google it, bro" isn't a source?

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Positing a claim =! positing a source. That's 0/2.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You can't count, either? That's rough, buddy.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I didn’t realize people can’t do a 10 second google search on their own.

You specifically chose to quote a sentence about profit and then provide a number that is not profit. What was the point of commenting at all if the number you provided had no relevance?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

My quote:

streamers are currently being forced to reckon with their profitability — or lack thereof.

profitability

Your misinformed quote:

You specifically chose to quote a sentence about profit

profit

There's a very important difference there that I think you're not built to understand.