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Re:"I'm on the edge of revolt" – Internal Tech Emails by epolanski on Monday November 13, 2023 @08:41AM (#38249990)
> It's the starting and most profitable part that paid for all the rest, no? How it could not be viable.

It relies on your information taken from your phone/email/search/youtube history/etc. Without all that data the value of ads is much lower.

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Re:"I'm on the edge of revolt" – Internal Tech Emails by fidotron on Monday November 13, 2023 @08:50AM (#38250082)
You mean the ad people may have to explicitly pay for information they want to use? Horrifying stuff.
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