If AT&T Had Managed the Phone Business Like Google

Re:If AT&T Had Managed the Phone Business Like Google by 7773777 on Friday September 24, 2021 @06:21AM (#28640561)

Kinda brilliant actually - convincing the AT&T guys of yore to give away everything for free so you can inject ads into a phone call. Yeah, that would certainly be met with disbelief, anyway I gotta go "skip some ads" on YouTube I'll talk to you later.

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Re:If AT&T Had Managed the Phone Business Like Google by mywittyname on Friday September 24, 2021 @09:21AM (#28641953)

There's a bit of irony here, considering the "you too" model allows people to pay a monthly fee to skip the ads.

Maybe the AT&T those guys could teach something to these young'uns today.

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Re:If AT&T Had Managed the Phone Business Like Google by chubot on Friday September 24, 2021 @08:54AM (#28641651)

FWIW I pay for YouTube Premium and it's so worth it. No skipping ads.

I wish Google would do that with everything. Allow me to see zero ads by paying.

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Re:If AT&T Had Managed the Phone Business Like Google by 7773777 on Friday September 24, 2021 @01:02PM (#28645049)

What do you reckon the monthly fee would be? Targeted ads by search is quite lucrative...

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