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> Of course, it is not exactly free. The videos will also be available on YouTube, where Google will make money from any associated ads. It is not clear how the ad revenue will be split, or even if it will be.

The article you posted doesn't mention that YouTube is promoting ad-free hosting that the creator doesn't have to pay for.



> The article you posted doesn't mention that YouTube is promoting ad-free hosting that the creator doesn't have to pay for.

The article from 2008 doesn't mention that butterflys might be appearing across the video randomly either. How is what they didn't specifically say (or imply) relevant? I'm not sure what you're trying to say here.

I thought the messages from that far back was interesting, which hedged toward this eventual practice.


I thought you you were saying that YouTube has been marketing ad free video hosting since 2008 and the article was the evidence of that.

I must have misunderstood.




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