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Re:EU ruling: tracking-based advertising [...] across Europe... by bandrami on Thursday May 15, 2025 @05:07AM (#43993161)
You know you don't actually need Google to advertise, right?

I was hosting websites in 1998 when Google was still in Larry Page's garage. We sold ads the same way magazines and newspapers always have: we had a sales staff and they did their job well. There's no reason we can't go back to that.

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Re:EU ruling: tracking-based advertising [...] across Europe... by LocalH on Thursday May 15, 2025 @10:01AM (#43995193)
Then Google will sell ads for terms related to your business and eat your lunch.

The original vision of Google died when they bought DoubleClick.

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Re:EU ruling: tracking-based advertising [...] across Europe... by aucisson_masque on Thursday May 15, 2025 @03:32PM (#43998461)
In my experience, people increasingly use their phone when they need to buy something and just google it.

If you're not there by your competitor is, you lost the game.

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