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0 pointsbrokenmachine6mo ago0 comments

I didn't look at the billboards when I was driving today.

Did I just pirate my drive to work?

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Do the billboard ads fund the road maintenance? I didn’t think they did. I thought people just bought land next to the road and installed signs there.

brokenmachineOP6mo ago

Does Google pay for your PC, power or internet connection?

drdeca6mo ago

No, but they do pay the costs of hosting/serving the videos, which I thought was the relevant analogy to the service being used when driving on a road and there being billboards next to the road.

Dylan168076mo ago

Is the department of transportation owned those billboards and used them to fund the roads I would feel 0% more obligated to look at them.

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drdeca6mo ago

Do the billboard ads fund the road maintenance? I didn’t think they did. I thought people just bought land next to the road and installed signs there.

brokenmachineOP6mo ago

Does Google pay for your PC, power or internet connection?

drdeca6mo ago

No, but they do pay the costs of hosting/serving the videos, which I thought was the relevant analogy to the service being used when driving on a road and there being billboards next to the road.

Dylan168076mo ago

Is the department of transportation owned those billboards and used them to fund the roads I would feel 0% more obligated to look at them.

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