Time's top ten tech failures of the last decade

[Josquius]

It was based on the estimated cost of maintaining the site. Apparently keeping a zillion video clips for people to access at any time is quite expensive.

Didn't it take Amazon years and years to become profitable?
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For them though it was quite clear to see when there would be a profit, though they were doing it online their buisness was just selling stuff, quite typical. With youtube though...its far vaguer.

[DontSayBanana]

Didn't it take Amazon years and years to become profitable?

Business plan, business plan, business plan. Amazon was always a retailer, so they could easily draw outlines for retail revenues and, to an extent, cross-advertising revenues.

In the case of YouTube, it's a little harder, since parties that post videos are more likely to link them directly to their intended audience, and there's no clear alternate revenue stream.

[Norgy]

Here in a civilized world, landlines are at least twice as expensive as VoIP, and that's just for local calls.  Part of the reason is that they have a lot of taxes and fees in their bill, which gives them a competetive disadvantage.

Your loser continent intrigues me with its backwardsness.

[DontSayBanana]

Your loser continent intrigues me with its backwardsness.

Our loser VOIP companies put themselves at a huge disadvantage. They try to pad their costs with insane installation fees.

[Norgy]

Did they: Bring a gun to the octagon?