I-YouTube yaphuma kanjani?
Context:I-YouTube iyinhlangano yaseMelika yokwabelana ngamavidiyo e-inthanethi kanye nenkundla yezokuxhumana enekomkhulu eSan Bruno, eCalifornia, e-United States. Yasungulwa ngoFebhuwari 14, 2005, nguSteve Chen, uChad Hurley, noJawed Karim. IngeyakwaGoogle futhi iyindawo yesibili evakashelwa kakhulu, ngemuva kwe-Google Search. I-YouTube inabasebenzisi abangaphezu kwezigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingu-2,5 ngenyanga, ababuka ama-video amahora angaphezu kwezigidi eziyinkulungwane usuku ngalunye. Kusukela ngoMeyi 2019, amavidiyo ayelayishwa ngesilinganiso samahora angaphezu kwama-500 wokuqukethwe ngomzuzu.  Ngo-Okthoba 2006, i-YouTube yathengwa yi-Google ngemali engu-$1.65 billion. Ubunikazi be-Google be-YouTube bukhulise imodeli yebhizinisi yesayithi, ikhula kusuka ekwakheni imali engenayo kusuka ezikhangisweni kuphela ukunikela ngokuqukethwe okukhokhelwayo okufana nama-movie nokuqukethwe okukhethekile okukhiqizwa yi-YouTube. Iphinde inikeze i-YouTube Premium, inketho yokubhalisa ekhokhelwayo yokubuka okuqukethwe ngaphandle kwezikhangiso. I-YouTube futhi ivume abadali ukuthi babambe iqhaza ohlelweni lwe-AdSense lwe-Google, oluzama ukukhiqiza imali ethe xaxa kuzo zombili izinhlangothi. I-YouTube ibike imali engenayo engu-$29.2 billion ngo-2022. Ngo-2021, imali engenayo yokukhangisa yonyaka ye-YouTube inyuke yaya ku-$28.8 billion, okuwukukhuphuka kwemali engenayo eyizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingu-9 kunonyaka odlule.  Kusukela yathengwa i-Google, i-YouTube iye yanda ngaphezu kwewebhusayithi yayo eyinhloko yaba izinhlelo zokusebenza zeselula, inethiwekhi yethelevishini, kanye nekhono lokuxhumanisa namanye amapulatifomu. Izigaba zamavidiyo ku-YouTube zihlanganisa ama-video omculo, ama-video, izindaba, amafilimu amafushane, amafilimu, izingoma, amafilimu aqoshiwe, ama-trailer amafilimu, ama-teaser, ukusakazwa bukhoma, ama-vlog, nokunye okuningi. Okuqukethwe okuningi kwenziwa ngabantu ngabanye, kuhlanganise nokubambisana phakathi kwama-YouTubers nabaxhasi bezinkampani. Izinkampani zezindaba ezinjengeDisney, Paramount, NBCUniversal, neWarner Bros. Discovery nazo zenze futhi zandisa iziteshi zazo ze-YouTube ukuze zikhangise kuzithameli ezinkulu.  I-YouTube iye yaba nethonya elingakaze libonwe emphakathini, yathonya isiko elidumile, izitayela ze-Internet, futhi yakha osaziwayo abayizigidi zezigidi. Naphezu kwakho konke ukukhula nempumelelo yayo, i-YouTube iye yagxekwa kabanzi. Ukugxekwa kwe-YouTube kufaka phakathi ukuthi iwebhusayithi isetshenziselwa ukwenza lula ukusakazwa kolwazi olungelona iqiniso, izinkinga ze-copyright, ukwephulwa okujwayelekile kobumfihlo babasebenzisi bayo, okuvumela ukucwaninga, imihlahlandlela yabo nokuthi isetshenziswa kanjani, futhi ibeka engcupheni ukuphepha nenhlalakahle yezingane.
I-YouTube yathengwa yi-Google ngo-$1.65 billion ngo-Okthoba 2006.