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> ...not a lot of capital around for them to spend on that. I feel a little bad for publishers. This is the second[1] time in recent memory they've followed th
by AlexandrB 5y ago
> ...not a lot of capital around for them to spend on that.
I feel a little bad for publishers. This is the second[1] time in recent memory they've followed the pied piper of a big tech company into wasting money on ultimately useless ventures. I hope someone in management learns a lesson from this and is more skeptical of FAANG in the future.
[1] The first time being the Facebook video push that was based on faulty metrics (https://www.wsj.com/articles/facebook-overestimated-key-video-metric-for-two-years-1474586951 https://www.wsj.com/articles/facebook-overestimated-key-vide...).
- notreallyserio 5y agoThey're also the folks that decided to host user-hostile ads (full-screen overlays, autoplay video, showing those ads to paying* customers). At some point you've gotta just say they're getting what they deserve. * typo. trying out a new keyboard, SwiftKey. so far so bad.