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The ads in Google also started like this. (However, to my knowledge, there is no way I can pay Google to get the ads in my search removed)

• changoplatanero 8mo ago
  you can at least pay them to get the ads removed from youtube
  • Jimmc414 8mo ago
    Not really. I’ve had YT premium for years and it removes the obtrusive ones, but I see ads in some form every time I use it.
    • lnenad 8mo ago
      What? No?
    • chasd00 8mo ago
      Probably means the perpetual “…speaking of security, let me tell you about our sponsor nordvpn…” that’s in every video on YouTube.
      • bagacrap 8mo ago
        "if you're anything like me, ..."
  • tomrod 8mo ago
    That can be done for free by more tightly managing your hardware platform.
• wtfHN26 8mo ago
  IIRC many OTT streaming players found that they can make more money from Ads than they can from subscription alone. So paying for a service alone doesn't ensure that you are not going to see Ads. Once they have exhausted their potential market of paying users, almost every service will eventually resort to Ads.
• sdf2erf 8mo ago
  Forget about that, the founders literally said word for word that advertising ruins search quality in their seminal paper. They became the exact thing they fore-warned about their competitors at the time. Down-right joke really. The people who idolise them are incredibly delusional.
  • johnsmith1840 8mo ago
    Good people are moral for a million bucks but almost none are for a billion.
    • sdf2erf 8mo ago
      lol pretty much. their reservation price was more than met. Although considering Brin's interactions with female employees etc, no surprise really. They were full of it from the off. Page is better at hiding it.