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0 pointsmudil7y ago0 comments

Serious question. How is it that Google makes billions of dollars on ads and newspapers that depend on ads are suffering?

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Jyaif7y ago

Because depending on ads to pay journalists is a crappy business. Ads are worth it if the content with the ads is super cheap to generate (e.g. search result pages, or user generated content)

Andrex7y ago

What's the difference between Google and newspapers? A massive focus on technology.

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0 pointsmudil7y ago0 comments

Serious question. How is it that Google makes billions of dollars on ads and newspapers that depend on ads are suffering?

0 comments

Jyaif7y ago

Because depending on ads to pay journalists is a crappy business. Ads are worth it if the content with the ads is super cheap to generate (e.g. search result pages, or user generated content)

Andrex7y ago

What's the difference between Google and newspapers? A massive focus on technology.

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse