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I think Google is more about collecting data. Ads are just a byproduct.
by Tichy 15y ago
I think Google is more about collecting data. Ads are just a byproduct.
- ordinary 15y agoI think you're confusing the end with the means. Collecting data is a method Google uses to be able to sell (more expensive) ads. The data collection is not where the money comes from, the ads are.
- Tichy 15y agoIt may be where most of the money comes from at the moment. But Google did not start out as an advertising company, and I don't think (from reading "In The Plex") they really want to be one, either. If they could kill ads, they would do it.