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Are ads what people want?
by solfox 2y ago
Are ads what people want?
- gk1 2y agoPeople want whatever they searched for. If the ads provide that, then sure. That's why Google and Meta are the size that they are...
- croes 2y agoMost of the time I don’t search for products so there is nothing I want to buy.
- sundaeofshock 2y agoGoogle is the size it is due to monopoly power.
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- goatlover 2y agoI don't want ads when I search.
- boweruk 2y agoNo but once ChatGPT starts threatening Google's revenue model, maybe they will start putting effort into improving their drastically deteriorating search engine.
- riku_iki 2y agothey need to win search share to threaten Google's revenue model: take traffic from google.com, so google will sell ads. Going to ads busyness is not necessary for this.
- Teever 2y agoBut why is that good for me? Why do I care if Google succeeds or dies? If anything I want them to die for ad infested they've made the internet. I don't want ads in either chatGPT or Google Search.
- smolder 2y agoOr search, Youtube, chrome and android could all see their enshittification ramped up, which might not be the outcome you want.
- kaonwarb 2y agoI don't want ads. But I can't deny that ads are the only business model with a chance of scaling to compete with Google. If that's what they want to do in this space, which is not a given.
- moralestapia 2y agoPlenty of times the answer is yes.