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☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆ lemmy.ml yogthos@lemmy.ml
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plyth feddit.org plyth@feddit.org
Joined: 2025-05-11
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Google supposedly pays out 50% of their ad income. Theoretically they would need twice the ads.

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ferric_carcinization lemmy.ml ferric_carcinization@lemmy.ml
Joined: 2025-03-12
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Google supposedly pays out 50% of their ad income. Theoretically they would need twice the ads.

Why do you assume that the ads cost the same?

I would assume that a piracy site might not be using Google's ad platform. YouTube also has a lot of recognition as a popular & legitimate platform, which likely seems juicier to advertisers compared to a generic site. (Those advertising on a pirate site might not know that the ads are shown there)

YouTube also is not in a big need of extra revenue, unlike some other, smaller sites. And, depending on the site, they may or may not be able to show big, unskippable, profitable video ads before access downloads.

Please support small independent sites with ad-views. ;)

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pleiades lemmy.ml pleiades@lemmy.ml
Joined: 2026-06-06
#4 · Quote Reply

They both have zero ads for me ;)

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yxc999 lemmy.ml yxc999@lemmy.ml
Joined: 2026-08-02
#5 · Quote Reply

Seeing ads is a skill issue

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NickwithaC lemmy.world NickwithaC@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-14
#6 · Quote Reply

*fewer

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pineapple lemmy.ml pineapple@lemmy.ml
Joined: 2024-11-06
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Proper piracy cites have no ads because their run by nice people.

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CyroSignal54 lemmy.world CyroSignal@lemmy.world
Joined: 2026-04-10
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This is real...

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