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Re:As AI kills search traffic, Google launches Offerwall to ... by 1vuio0pswjnm7 on Friday June 27, 2025 @01:05AM (#44393840)
It's not only you. "Big Tech" does not create anything. Even when it clearly has the budget to do so. Instead, it copies and intermediates (plays the middleman).
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Re:As AI kills search traffic, Google launches Offerwall to ... by 1vuio0pswjnm7 on Friday June 27, 2025 @12:39PM (#44398199)
Without free use of other peoples' work as bait for luring in ad targets (so-called "content"), "Big Tech" companies have no "business model".
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