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Re:Testing a few new designs that don't show the public disl... by blihp on Wednesday March 31, 2021 @08:52PM (#26655392)
Unfortunately even then Google doesn't view you as the customer in any substantial way. Advertisers have been, and continue to be, who they want to keep happy. The reality is that, in aggregate, most users are willing to take a fair amount of abuse as long as it's free.
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Re:Testing a few new designs that don't show the public disl... by xiphias2 on Wednesday March 31, 2021 @08:57PM (#26655434)
It would have been an interesting experiment to show dislikes for premium users and see how many people pay for those feature, but I think that would have been too controversial compared to the ads that are accepted practice already.
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