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That’s a bit of a false dichotomy though. Although the original AdWords also made them an adverting based search engine, it made them massively profitable witho
by svachalek 6y ago
That’s a bit of a false dichotomy though. Although the original AdWords also made them an adverting based search engine, it made them massively profitable without violating anyone’s privacy.
It was the need to make even more billions that led them down the slippery slope of mass surveillance that makes everyone uneasy now.
- sireat 6y agoOriginal AdWords in early 200Xs were quite a breath of fresh air compared to other type of advertising on the net. The ads seemed relevant. I actually clicked on them with a sense of purpose! At the time AdWords truly seemed how advertising should be done ethically with an iron wall between search and advertising. That wall started crumbling pretty quickly by mid 200Xs. Maybe the wall was never there?