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Re:What if performance advertising is just an analytics scam? by IX-103 on Thursday October 14, 2021 @08:21AM (#28863298)
You ask the waiter for a Coke, they ask you if you want Pepsi instead (because they get kickbacks to sell Pepsi). Is that appropriate behavior for a restaurant?

How much is Google charging you for your searches? I get them for free. Sure, sometimes it's a pain to scroll down past the ad results when they're not relevant but it only costs me time and attention.

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Re:What if performance advertising is just an analytics scam? by floatingatoll on Thursday October 14, 2021 @09:01AM (#28863668)
Most restaurants don’t carry both Coke and Pepsi, which in this analogy would be the taxi driver truthfully saying “Morton’s is closed”. That’s a fine time to offer an alternative, but that’s not what’s being discussed here.
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Re:What if performance advertising is just an analytics scam? by tekknik on Thursday October 14, 2021 @09:17AM (#28863849)
Also free doesn’t not mean zero cost. Your time can be used to do other things that may make money.
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