redcalcium@lemmy.institute to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months agoYouTube Premium announces 100 million subscribersarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square119fedilinkarrow-up1192arrow-down134
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minus-squareGigan@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up29arrow-down4·9 months agoTheir war on ad-blockers must be paying off
minus-squareeskimofry@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up24·9 months agoWe can’t really tell for sure because: They left out subscriber numbers in the recent earnings call (according to this article) Hence, we don’t know if the subscribers were from bundles vs. individual subscriptions. Subscribers could be from low price regions and the revenue there wouldn’t compare to NA and EU.
minus-squarenailoC5@lemy.lollinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-29 months agoMost people don’t even know that ad-blockers exit
minus-squareares35@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1·9 months agoand probably more than a few upsells from cross-marketing a yt ‘premium’ sub to those that came over from satellite for nfl games.
minus-squareparaphrand@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down2·9 months agoJust paying for it is worth it for the official apps.
Their war on ad-blockers must be paying off
We can’t really tell for sure because:
Most people don’t even know that ad-blockers exit
and probably more than a few upsells from cross-marketing a yt ‘premium’ sub to those that came over from satellite for nfl games.
Just paying for it is worth it for the official apps.