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Re:Google is not a tech company by lern_too_spel on Saturday November 18, 2023 @11:09PM (#38328827)
By that reasoning, Microsoft isn't a technology company but an ad company. Somehow, you're missing all the checkmarks. https://about.ads.microsoft.com/en-us
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Re:Google is not a tech company by happymellon on Sunday November 19, 2023 @03:52AM (#38330610)
Microsoft was a technology company.

Change was driven by new technologies, such as sharing files between computers, or HID research.

Whether they are now an ad company is debatable, but it is certainly where they want to be. Even their new features used to be technical driven (Use IE to get ActiveX), now they are trying to get more eyeballs on adverts (use Edge or we will subject you to more pop-ups!).

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