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Re:It's Getting Harder to Tell Banks from Tech Companies by rdiddly on Thursday February 15, 2018 @01:50PM (#16386465)
You know who else would be surprised, is 1998 Larry Page & 1998 Sergey Brin. Especially the part about hearing their company called an "advertising company," much less the largest one.
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Re:It's Getting Harder to Tell Banks from Tech Companies by ucaetano on Thursday February 15, 2018 @02:52PM (#16386973)
Which then makes any ad-paid company an advertising company. Which is a completely useless definition.

Don't mix source of revenue with core business, especially in multi-sided markets.

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Re:It's Getting Harder to Tell Banks from Tech Companies by s73v3r_ on Thursday February 15, 2018 @03:17PM (#16387206)
But their core business is selling advertising.
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Re:It's Getting Harder to Tell Banks from Tech Companies by rdiddly on Thursday February 15, 2018 @02:54PM (#16386990)
Don't complain to me, I didn't say it.
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