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Google doesn't charge for search because it's users are their product, same with Facebook. Apples and oranges.
by forgetfreeman 2y ago
Google doesn't charge for search because it's users are their product, same with Facebook. Apples and oranges.
- quantified 2y agoGoogle doesn't charge seekers for search. They definitely charge advertisers for search. However, I understand your point, it's the truth of many businesses that if you're not paying, you're the product not the customer.
- eru 2y ago> However, I understand your point, it's the truth of many businesses that if you're not paying, you're the product not the customer. No, that wasn't my point. My point was that the mono-causal point > If other companies don't do it yet it's just because they don't have the level of market dominance that Adobe has - once they reach it, they all behave in the same way. is wrong.
- blitzar 2y agoAdobe charges because it's users are their product, same with Google, Facebook, Apple, Microsoft etc.
- eru 2y agoThat might be true, maybe. My point was that > If other companies don't do it yet it's just because they don't have the level of market dominance that Adobe has - once they reach it, they all behave in the same way. was wrong. Clearly, there's more than one reason that determines how companies behave.