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People, Google is not in the Tech business.... Its tech powering an search and ad monopoly.... Things only change when ctr of ads and amount of ads displayed

• thfuran 2y ago
  To zero, I hope.
• chiefalchemist 2y ago
  To your point, my theory is that all their other tech efforts - that are very often sunset'ed in a couple+ years - are merely a smokescreen of the ad monopoly. Worst case, if they have to: "Tech is hard and competitive. Look at how many other businesses we started and were unable to be successful at. Search + ads is one click away from slipping away from us. We're not a monopoly. We're alone and very scared for our future..."