My son loves watching YouTube! I don't see what the hype is all about. Do you watch YouTube?
I do! I think the hype comes from the ability of any user, anywhere, to be able to upload, view, rate, share, add to favorites, report, and comment on videos, as well as subscribe to other users, all for free! It's unlimited entertainment for free, which is very accessible.
Maybe I haven't given it enough of a chance. Does YouTube have many users?
It does, evidenced by the fact that it was so successful that it enticed Google to buy the site in November of 2006 for $1.65 billion, and is now one of Google's subsidiaries. And it's only grown since then, so you can imagine how many users are on the site daily.
It has to be a lot! I didn't know they were owned by Google. Who started the site, do you know?
I do! In fact, it was created by three former PayPal (sound familiar) employees: Chad Hurley, Steve Chen, and Jawed Karim, way back in February of 2005.
Wow! Those guys must have made a ton of money on the sale! Does YouTube offer a subscription service to eliminate the ads a viewer typically sees?
YouTube Premium
YouTube Premium (formerly YouTube Red) is a paid streaming subscription service that provides advertising-free streaming of all videos hosted by YouTube, exclusive original content produced in collaboration with the site's creators, access to audio-only versions of videos on the Youtube Music app, as well as offline playback and playback of videos on mobile devices.
The service was originally launched in November 2014 as Music Key, offering only advertisement-free streaming of music videos from participating labels on YouTube and Google Play Music.
YouTube
YouTube is an American video-sharing website headquartered in San Bruno, California. Three former PayPal employees—Chad Hurley, Steve Chen, and Jawed Karim—created the service in February 2005. Google bought the site in November 2006 for US$1.65 billion; YouTube now operates as one of Google's subsidiaries.
YouTube allows users to upload, view, rate, share, add to playlists, report, comment on videos, and subscribe to other users. It offers a wide variety of user-generated