Originally Posted by crockett

Yes this is actually true to an extent. I mean if google was looking to save some tax money a bandwidth burner like youtube could be a excellent way to do it. However they can only get away with that for so long.

It was only one or two months ago that the DivX shut down their site "stage6" which was a fairly popular site which was much better than youtube IMO..

This was their quote at why they shut down, sounds too me like they were losing money. No major company would shut down a profiable business.

“So why are we shutting the service down? Well, the short answer is that the continued operation of Stage6 is a very expensive enterprise that requires an enormous amount of attention and resources that we are not in a position to continue to provide.”

So I just wonder if any of the smaller start ups are making any money.