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Re:Microsoft Discussed Selling Bing to Apple as Google Repla... by detourdog on Friday September 29, 2023 @07:15AM (#37702033)
Search wasn't broken Google needed a business plan and chose web ads. That is what broke search. The bifurcation of interests between selling ads and serving search results.
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Re:Microsoft Discussed Selling Bing to Apple as Google Repla... by bayindirh on Friday September 29, 2023 @07:41AM (#37702277)
Then don't use Google? There are alternative and promising search engines now. Google is not the only game in town.
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Re:Microsoft Discussed Selling Bing to Apple as Google Repla... by detourdog on Friday September 29, 2023 @11:22AM (#37705584)
I don't. I was simply pointing out the business model's effect on Google. I participate with a search that is uses a subscription model service.
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