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Re:Google backtracks on search results design by tristador on Saturday January 25, 2020 @10:28AM (#22146613)
So my bid just drives up the prices advertisers need to bid to show me ads? Sounds like a win for a company that sells ads.

Asking for your "long term value" is interesting, although for users who run ad blockers and therefore never click an ad, isn't their value super low anyway? Imagine Google asking for $50/yr to not show ads, installing an ad blocker, then a year later seeing Google ask $5/yr as your value plummets.

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Re:Google backtracks on search results design by xiphias2 on Saturday January 25, 2020 @01:08PM (#22147593)
Don't worry, Google is not that stupid :)

It could just use my interests to predict how much I'm willing to pay for getting rid of ads.

Or even the type and number of devices that I'm using Google on should be a good enough predictor, or just the country (which is the case for Youtube Premium).

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