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Re:What if performance advertising is just an analytics scam? by tshaddox on Wednesday October 13, 2021 @11:56PM (#28860353)
A way to pay for that service, as well as generate an extra $40 billion a year.
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Re:What if performance advertising is just an analytics scam? by joe_the_user on Thursday October 14, 2021 @12:46AM (#28860608)
Sure, most businesses exist to provide a good or service and get some bit extra beyond their costs. This is known as "profit".
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Re:What if performance advertising is just an analytics scam? by tekknik on Thursday October 14, 2021 @09:13AM (#28863800)
The problem here is it’s not a “bit”, but “a lot”
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Re:What if performance advertising is just an analytics scam? by joe_the_user on Thursday October 14, 2021 @03:03PM (#28868524)
I don't think Google has a profit rate massively higher than other similar companies (say, Apple or Facebook). It gets a lot of profit because it is large.

Compare: https://ycharts.com/companies/GOOG/profit_margin https://ycharts.com/companies/AAPL/profit_margin https://ycharts.com/companies/FB/profit_margin

Of course, manufacturing companies have a lot less: https://ycharts.com/companies/GM/profit_margin

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