Google Is Not a Search Engine – It's an Advertising Platform

Re:Google Is Not a Search Engine – It's an Advertising Platform by GeekyBear on Monday October 17, 2022 @01:56PM (#33237355)

> Paying apple doesn't stop them from selling ads

Nobody called Google evil back when they just sold ads based on the keywords you typed into search.

It's not the ad part that is evil, it's the relentlessly spying on everyone's life part.

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Re:Google Is Not a Search Engine – It's an Advertising Platform by KaoruAoiShiho on Monday October 17, 2022 @02:08PM (#33237485)

I don't think ads are evil nor is being a product inherently awful. It can be a great worthwhile trade to be the product if you're getting enough recompense. Like Lebron James is a product for the NBA but I doubt he's complaining much about that.

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Re:Google Is Not a Search Engine – It's an Advertising Platform by GeekyBear on Monday October 17, 2022 @02:14PM (#33237546)

You don't have to relentlessly spy on everyone's life to sell ads, however that is the business model Google has chosen.

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Re:Google Is Not a Search Engine – It's an Advertising Platform by KaoruAoiShiho on Monday October 17, 2022 @03:26PM (#33238367)

Their mission is to organize all the world's information, so i think they have a different set of values than you.

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Re:Google Is Not a Search Engine – It's an Advertising Platform by GeekyBear on Monday October 17, 2022 @03:52PM (#33238684)

Their mission is now to spy on everyone as much as possible and leverage that data to make a profit.

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Re:Google Is Not a Search Engine – It's an Advertising Platform by moistly on Monday October 17, 2022 @10:44PM (#33242386)

How does organizing all the world’s information generate profits?

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