my very ugly experience:
For a mobile app, the cost of storage access bandwidth (Google Storage) for a 30 second video will cost you more than the profit you can make from ad impression (CPM/CPC) using Google Admob, making any video-based business unsustainable using Google's ecosystem.
Note: If you work at Google, you might want to pass this message up the chain, thank you.
PS: i've played with all types of admob ads to try to make the system profitable, even the IN-YOUR-FACE interstitial ad that everyone hates (even Google themselves hate it, they are limiting its use)
PS #2: Google Admob has also removed the ability to create native ads.
I am not sure why this was downvoted. Isn't it true, that cloud storage service is supposed to be used for cloud storage, and content delivery service is supposed to be used for content delivery?
Media content storage and delivery is an advertised use case [1]
> ...highest level of availability and performance is ideal for low-latency, high QPS content serving
And the cost using Google Cloud CDN isn't necessarily going to be a major improvement over Google Cloud Storage. Egress cost is similar depending on usage, plus you pay for cache fill and api calls.
Note: If you work at Google, you might want to pass this message up the chain, thank you.
PS: i've played with all types of admob ads to try to make the system profitable, even the IN-YOUR-FACE interstitial ad that everyone hates (even Google themselves hate it, they are limiting its use)
PS #2: Google Admob has also removed the ability to create native ads.