Like Amazon, Google runs a cloud service which powers some of the world’s most popular apps and sites. Share or comment on this article: Reddit users who are wealthy reveal what it’s really like to be rich e-mail Angel Jimenez, via Twitter. So it goes for all of Google’s «free» services — you pay with your attention to ads. You see, YouTube entrepreneurs treat their channels as a business. Either way, the goal is to untangle themselves from the search giant. You should have at least 20 targets and create a spreadsheet to keep track.