• Khanzarate@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    The ad revenue is a portion of what the advertisers paid.

    YouTube DOES get its content for free. They pay YouTubers per view, essentially a portion of profit, whereas something like Netflix pays for the creation of content and then also a portion of profit made.