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I read both articles and maybe I'm just a fanboi, but it really seems to me like Mr. Thompson has thought about this specific question a lot more than Mr. Wu, e
by sanderjd 6y ago
I read both articles and maybe I'm just a fanboi, but it really seems to me like Mr. Thompson has thought about this specific question a lot more than Mr. Wu, even if Mr. Wu has more experience in adjacent topics.
- TheOtherHobbes 6y agoI stopped reading when he described users of search as Google's customers. There didn't seem any point in reading further after such a basic misstatement. The point about marginal costs is absolutely wrong too, but I don't have the patience to pull it apart in detail. The reality is there is a customer acquisition cost, it will be spread across multiple domains (technical, legal, financial, and even political) and I would be very surprised if Google believes it's zero.