Re:Divesting AdSense might help Google stave off worse regul...
by shadowgovt on Friday February 07, 2020 @01:16PM
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Google's doubling down on Cloud precisely because they want an additional revenue stream as big as ads; they know their income model is extremely monocultural and any number of things (either regulation or a titanic shift in the ad market, such as mass-adoption of ad-blockers) could hamstring the growth models they're accustom to.
I wouldn't predict they'll shutdown cloud until and unless they're convinced it won't blow up like they hope for them.
I wouldn't predict they'll shutdown cloud until and unless they're convinced it won't blow up like they hope for them.