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Re:Why the Fuck? by beering on Sunday January 20, 2013 @08:46PM (#5089335)
And yet, if Google didn't make money, we wouldn't have such a great search engine to use. Think about how much Google has helped scientific research, both for academics and ordinary people.

Clicking ads is literally what supports Google.

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Re:Why the Fuck? by rtpg on Sunday January 20, 2013 @11:22PM (#5089850)
I think the point is that there are many people who work on the clicking ads part, arguable moreso than the search part.

I understand that the NYT needs a paywall and ad networks to survive, I just hope that most of the staff spends their time on the journalism, not on the ad network.

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