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Spotify & YouTube Premium run without ads just fine, so why wouldn't it work for search engines? Text is way more compressible then music and video. So at least
by TomJansen 6y ago
Spotify & YouTube Premium run without ads just fine, so why wouldn't it work for search engines? Text is way more compressible then music and video. So at least on serving data it is way more cheaper than the aforementioned services
- kevin_thibedeau 6y agoBecause an MBA will realize that they're "leaving money on the table" and not "maximizing shareholder value" by selling ad free subscription services. Subscription based services also require you to be authenticated and that enables fine grained invasive tracking. Something traditional media couldn't do. If delivery costs were a factor then I shouldn't be charged $15 for an ebook with near zero distribution costs when a paperback was $5 before ebooks came onto the scene and introduced a new incentive for price gouging.
- esoterica 6y agoPaperbacks were never $5 unless you were looking in the bargain bin.
- kevin_thibedeau 6y agoPulp novels were. Even in this millennium.