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Funny thing is, they stated their reason for existence was because ad-based revenue models would corrupt search quality. Funny that!
by r4rf 24d ago
Funny thing is, they stated their reason for existence was because ad-based revenue models would corrupt search quality. Funny that!
- mirekrusin 24d agoSame as our OpenAI friends, who founded a non-profit because one company (Google) holding AGI would be dangerous for humanity. Turns out it's only dangerous when it's somebody else's company. When it's yours, it changes things slightly.
- signatoremo 24d agoEh. You’d have to clarify that. Google get started because other search engines at the time sucked. I had a soft spot for Ask Jeeves, but it was clear Google was better. Advertising is the monetizing strategy from early on. AdWords came to be in 2000. Nothing fuzzy about that.