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Well money will talk eventually. Advertisers will win.

• thanksgiving 10y ago
  > Well money will talk eventually. Advertisers will win. I would imagine they will come to some middle ground. Can advertisers afford to not be on YouTube much less AdWords or DoubleClick properties?
  • ganfortran 10y ago
    AdWords is still like 80% of Google's ads revenue though, and it has no problem of mismatch. However point is, they are not gone completely. Big advertisers have a much bigger say in business than people would usually think. I won't be surprised that Google might have dedicated agent or group of agents deal with advertisers like AT&T. So I guess, next Google will prioritize more aggressive censoring tools to please them.
    • doktrin 10y ago
      Most commenters here appear to think that Google is holding all the cards over these poor schmucks like ATT, but I think you're onto something. Google might be a force of nature, but their income stream is and has always been vulnerable. I wouldn't be surprised if they have to bend on this much more than HN thinks.