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# YouTube Saves Big $’s With Text Based Video
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/you-tube-saves-big-s-with-text-based-video/
- Published: 2010-04-01T07:58:00.000Z
- Updated: 2010-04-01T07:58:00.000Z
- Description: (UPDATED) Is this some kind of bad April Fool's joke? "By using text-only mode, you are saving YouTube $1 a second in bandwidth costs," reads the statement from YouTube. To. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2010/04/you-tube-saves-big-s-with-text-based-video.html]
- Author: Bruce Houghton
- Tags: YouTube & Video, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-01-21 11:03

[![image from mediamemo.allthingsd.com](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b36c69e20133ec6206c3970b-300wi)](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b36c69e20133ec6206c3970b-pi?ref=hypebot.com)

  
 (UPDATED)Is this some kind of bad April Fool's joke?

"By using text-only mode, you are saving YouTube $1 a second in bandwidth costs," reads the statement from YouTube. To watch the new "format" in all its glory, you have to see in on YouTube's own site [here](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nIHP9o6X6D8&textp=fool&ref=hypebot.com). Enjoy…