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That's not a cynical take for anyone who's observed the past 20 years of the web. Page and Brin explicitly spelled out how advertising could change the incenti

by rchaud 4y ago

That's not a cynical take for anyone who's observed the past 20 years of the web. Page and Brin explicitly spelled out how advertising could change the incentives of a search engine. That didn't stop them from selling out immediately and letting the VCs install a CEO to 'businessify' the company.

scarface74 4y ago
Did you at any point think that Google was going to be a non profit?
- blowski 4y ago
  I remember being a naive 20-something and believing they’d find a new way of doing business. Maybe a co-op.
- rchaud 4y ago
  No I didnt. I did think they could make money outside of adtech as numerous software busineses before them had done.