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Google paid a whopping $26.3 billion in 2021 to be the default search engine everywhere (www.theverge.com)
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[โ€“] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Ads are a core component of how search makes money. They're also a core component of how YouTube makes money.

[โ€“] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

Ads are what Google makes money with. That's their core business. I would argue most of what they offer is just a different way of either delivering you ads or farming your data for...ads.