SpaceX Profitable as Musk Pulls in NASA Contracts, Google Cash

Re:SpaceX Profitable as Musk Pulls in NASA Contracts, Google... by minthd on Wednesday March 04, 2015 @03:25PM (#9147067)

I don't believe ad revenue in self-driving cars will be meaningful. I don't think google will force people to watch ads after they pay for being driven.Maybe only as a discount ,but most will prefer not to, the same way that today, there aren't any attractive options to watch ads for pay.

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Re:SpaceX Profitable as Musk Pulls in NASA Contracts, Google... by vertex-four on Wednesday March 04, 2015 @03:31PM (#9147110)

Not force, but the fact is that people will have more time to do whatever they want while their car drives them somewhere, during which many will be browsing the Internet through choice, and browsing the Internet generally involves looking at ads.

Frankly, I'm not entirely sure such a roundabout benefit even comes up in management's eyes compared to the difficulty of getting self-driving cars working and on the roads, but it is one.

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Re:SpaceX Profitable as Musk Pulls in NASA Contracts, Google... by aros on Wednesday March 04, 2015 @03:48PM (#9147231)

I hope you realize that Google's "ad" revenues aren't only from people seeing ads. They also use the tracking information of how you use products.

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