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With ad revenues drying up (Adblock, general lack to interest to ads) Google is forced to look at other avenues to make money and selling stuff to people is a g
by jeffjose 11y ago
With ad revenues drying up (Adblock, general lack to interest to ads) Google is forced to look at other avenues to make money and selling stuff to people is a great way for that.
- hahainternet 11y ago> With ad revenues drying up Haven't their revenues been going up despite the CPC going down?
- Dwolb 11y agoFor sure that can be the case. But what does this mean then for the entire suite of Google services? Their entire strategy up until these new paid-for services predicated on giving people free services (Gmail, Docs, search) under the assumption they could pay for the development and support with ads. It seems like they're shifting to a model seen by open source software creators - free to use, but any extra features or support will cost extra.