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Re:Uber Lays Off 400 by duskwuff on Monday July 29, 2019 @07:37PM (#20560638)
The same thing has been true of mobile games for a while. A lot of the ad inventory displayed in free games is ads for more free games -- sure, there's some real revenue from in-app purchases, but there's also a lot of money getting passed from hand to hand for ads.
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Re:Uber Lays Off 400 by BigJono on Tuesday July 30, 2019 @12:23AM (#20562124)
I think that 'some' real revenue probably dwarves most industries tenfold. Look at what something like Candy Crush makes in IAP, the top 5 players could probably support the entire ad industry themselves in perpetuity without breaking stride.
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