StrongHorseWeakNeigh@lemmy.world to internet funeral@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoGoogle ad on a magazine from 1999i.redd.itimagemessage-square47fedilinkarrow-up11.02Karrow-down117file-textcross-posted to: nostalgia@lemmy.ca
arrow-up11Karrow-down1imageGoogle ad on a magazine from 1999i.redd.itStrongHorseWeakNeigh@lemmy.world to internet funeral@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year 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-up129arrow-down1·1 year agoIf only they had stuck with that
minus-squareRadicalEagle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up78·1 year agoThey definitely abandoned the “do one thing well” philosophy.
minus-squaretheneverfox@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·1 year agoAnd the “don’t be evil” philosophy
minus-squareSatansMaggotyCumFart@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 year agoNo they just changed the focus of that to making money.
minus-squareMxM111@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up18·1 year agoBut then, how would they make all the money?
minus-squarehumorlessrepost@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up28·1 year agoThey could still track your searches, and still use that data to put targeted ads on other people’s sites.
minus-squaresnooggums@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up39·1 year 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.