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Re:Google pays ‘enormous’ sums to maintain search-engine dom... by zach_garwood on Friday September 09, 2022 @10:13AM (#32779501)
Wouldn't most businesses disappear if their partnerships dried up? This is just a weird criticism.
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Re:Google pays ‘enormous’ sums to maintain search-engine dom... by pupppet on Friday September 09, 2022 @10:45AM (#32779884)
Eh if a car company could only stay in business because they had giant Coke ads emblazoned on the sides of their cars I wouldn’t chalk it up as a win for the company.
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Re:Google pays ‘enormous’ sums to maintain search-engine dom... by minhazm on Friday September 09, 2022 @04:29PM (#32784518)
That's a perfect analogy for Google. They only stay in business because they're able to plaster Coke (and other companies ads) all over their websites.
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Re:Google pays ‘enormous’ sums to maintain search-engine dom... by umeshunni on Friday September 09, 2022 @01:51PM (#32782582)
What if a car company could only stay in business because of the interest it collects on financing?
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Re:Google pays ‘enormous’ sums to maintain search-engine dom... by pessimizer on Friday September 09, 2022 @04:44PM (#32784692)
Then I'd hardly call it a car company.
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Re:Google pays ‘enormous’ sums to maintain search-engine dom... by sysop073 on Friday September 09, 2022 @12:55PM (#32781778)
No? Most businesses sell products or services, their primary source of revenue isn't bribes from a single company. That's pretty rare actually.
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Re:Google pays ‘enormous’ sums to maintain search-engine dom... by MichaelCollins on Friday September 09, 2022 @01:58PM (#32782697)
You've been downvoted because simply selling a product to make money is considered absurd in this industry. What a horrible state of affairs.
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