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Re:Alphabet Announces Second Quarter 2018 Results [pdf] by mudil on Monday July 23, 2018 @05:06PM (#17596014)
Their whole business model is a targeting advertisement, and targeting comes from the snooping: what you do, what you eat, what you read, where you are.
Re:Alphabet Announces Second Quarter 2018 Results [pdf] by TekMol on Monday July 23, 2018 @05:12PM (#17596046)
Not true. Their main business is auctioning off ads on their search result pages. That auction is mostly keyword-based and not interest-based.
Re:Alphabet Announces Second Quarter 2018 Results [pdf] by bitmapbrother on Monday July 23, 2018 @06:08PM (#17596415)
I think you're confused. Google generates the majority of their revenue from ad targeting. Snooping and spying are performed by your government and paid for by your tax dollars.