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Re:Why is it so hard to give Google money? by astrange on Tuesday July 26, 2022 @02:39PM (#32242147)
Google ads are a natural monopoly, like power lines. What are you going to do, go to 1/3 of its ad customers and tell them they're switching to Southwestern Google while another 1/3 have to switch to Pacific Google?
Re:Why is it so hard to give Google money? by parasubvert on Wednesday July 27, 2022 @01:17AM (#32247093)
This assumes Google search - the main reason they have a business - will remain popular. That’s a very big assumption.

Google’s monopoly isn’t “natural”. It’s temporary.

Re:Why is it so hard to give Google money? by astrange on Wednesday July 27, 2022 @03:35PM (#32255644)
I was thinking of AdSense.