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Yeah? And Facebook isn't a social network either, it's an advertising brokerage? And Google isn't a search engine, it's an advertising brokerage? The Financial
by rahrahrah 10y ago
Yeah? And Facebook isn't a social network either, it's an advertising brokerage? And Google isn't a search engine, it's an advertising brokerage? The Financial Times isn't a newspaper, it's an advertising brokerage? Spotify isn't music streaming, it's an advertising brokerage?
- dmix 10y agoAnd users aren't important, just their eye balls.
- tapoxi 10y agoFinancial Times and Spotify make money on subscriptions.
- kristianc 10y agoActually Spotify lost $194m last year on subscriptions.
- SomeStupidPoint 10y agoDidn't Facebook recently get called a "free content ad network"? I think that term describes most of those companies well, as it incorporates their business model. They just vary in what kind of content or service they offer with their ads. I dont think it's unfair to call a business what it is -- just like we do with farms or investment firms, though they greatly differ in how they go about that business model.
- snowwrestler 10y agoAnd they all have engineering teams dedicated to their ad technologies? With VP level leadership or higher? Why are we making everything a question?
- rahrahrah 10y agoI'm keeping in theme with the parent comment? I'm glad you agree it's retarded?