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Re:Google is not a search engine, but an ad engine by at-fates-hands on Sunday December 15, 2019 @01:25PM (#21797855)
>> unless we make it some base service paid by tax or similar they need a revenue service and ads is the only which seems to be working.

Are you seriously saying a company worth north of $300 BILLION needs ads on their search engine to generate revenue?

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Re:Google is not a search engine, but an ad engine by 1_player on Sunday December 15, 2019 @01:33PM (#21797912)
Are you forgetting that it's worth $300 billion because it's an ad company, and they serve ads on the worlds most used search engine?
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