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minus-squarekot [they/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down1·8 months agoI wasnt aware that Adblock was causing Google to go bankrupt. But even if that was the case, I still wouldnt watch ads lmao.
minus-squarePatrick Leavy@mastodon.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1·8 months ago@kot @tias I don’t mind the ads, it’s the #datarape that bothers me. #surveillancecapitalism
minus-squaretiaslinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·8 months agoOf course not, Google is a huge company that could probably just live off of patents for the next 100 years. But they’re not going to keep on running a service that just costs them money. Google is in fact notorious for killing off products.
I wasnt aware that Adblock was causing Google to go bankrupt. But even if that was the case, I still wouldnt watch ads lmao.
@kot @tias I don’t mind the ads, it’s the #datarape that bothers me.
#surveillancecapitalism
Of course not, Google is a huge company that could probably just live off of patents for the next 100 years. But they’re not going to keep on running a service that just costs them money. Google is in fact notorious for killing off products.