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The problem is that, as I understand, YouTube still loses money.
They could probably break even if they screwed over their creators like other platforms, but their creators are their moat.
I've heard that too, but I don't know the details. It seems to me that their massive compute, storage and bandwidth requirements would be the culprits. If they're paying creators so much that they're unprofitable, that would make them very unsaavy with their money.