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Not gonna lie, I would rather just pay for google maps.
by drenvuk 7y ago
Not gonna lie, I would rather just pay for google maps.
- asdff 7y agoI would pay $1 a month, which would be exponentially more money google extracts from me than with ads I'll never engage with.
- 29083011397778 7y agoYou're here; therefore, we can assume you're a high-value consumer to advertise to. When enough people take the $1/month option, advertisers will be primarily advertising to consumers with low purchasing power. As that happens, the cost of advertising on Google AdWords nosedives, and Google is left making substantially less money. Maybe most people aren't like you and I. But I don't think anyone at Alphabet is willing to risk adding complexity to potentially earn less. This ignores the potential fallout as the message can be distorted from "Optional payment for Google Maps" to "Google starts collecting money for Maps", and finally to "Google Maps costs $X".