I haven’t watched YouTube on a desktop in years so maybe you still can…

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    2 days ago

    Again inaccurate.

    Business loans (especially tech sector circa the .com bust) most typically expect solvency within 3 years.

    It was a big deal that YouTube wasn’t profitable nearly 5 years in. They were expected to lose nearly half a billion their 5th year.

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      What are you talking about? I’m kinda speechless. In tech it’s absolutely normal to not be profitable after 3 years. Amazon, Uber, Tesla, Netflix. Just off the top of my head. You can find many more. And we don’t even need to talk about AI. Have you seen their profits?

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        The only company you mentioned that even existed during the .com bubble is Amazon.

        Not a single company you listed isnt VC, more importantly. Not someone taking out a business loan.

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          My dude, you’re lost in the sauce. You edited your comment to mention the dot-com bubble after I posted but why would we even talk about that? YouTube wasn’t founded until several years later.

          Why wouldn’t I talk about VC? YouTube was backed by VC a couple of months after its creation.

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            I’m not going to engage with someone who cannot bother to read what they’re responding to. You have a reading comprehension problem here.

            Peace out girl scout. ✌️

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              That’s a pretty textbook ad hominem, so I don’t think there’s much to continue here.

              Have a good one, either way.

              Edit: Saw that you used an alt account to downvote me twice. That’s actually kind of pitiful. You won this argument, okay champ?