StrongHorseWeakNeigh@lemmy.world to internet funeral@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 months agoGoogle ad on a magazine from 1999i.redd.itimagemessage-square47fedilinkarrow-up11.01Karrow-down116file-textcross-posted to: nostalgia@lemmy.ca
arrow-up1989arrow-down1imageGoogle ad on a magazine from 1999i.redd.itStrongHorseWeakNeigh@lemmy.world to internet funeral@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 months agomessage-square47fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: nostalgia@lemmy.ca
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/22055566 Google ad on a magazine from 1999 Author: /u/Away_Flounder3813 Link Shared on Reddit Original Reddit Comments
minus-squareIthral@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up129·6 months agoIf only they had stuck with that
minus-squareRadicalEagle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up77·6 months agoThey definitely abandoned the “do one thing well” philosophy.
minus-squaretheneverfox@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·6 months agoAnd the “don’t be evil” philosophy
minus-squareSatansMaggotyCumFart@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·6 months agoNo they just changed the focus of that to making money.
minus-squareMxM111@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up18·6 months agoBut then, how would they make all the money?
minus-squarehumorlessrepost@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up27·6 months agoThey could still track your searches, and still use that data to put targeted ads on other people’s sites.
minus-squaresnooggums@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up39·6 months agoWhich they still do, but it wasn’t enough money to satiate the greed.
If only they had stuck with that
They definitely abandoned the “do one thing well” philosophy.
And the “don’t be evil” philosophy
No they just changed the focus of that to making money.
But then, how would they make all the money?
They could still track your searches, and still use that data to put targeted ads on other people’s sites.
Which they still do, but it wasn’t enough money to satiate the greed.