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_s_a_m_ • today at 7:32 PM • 1 reply • view on HN

> Google is probably the most aggressive anti-privacy big tech company currently operating

isnt that their only business model almost from day 1? Everyone shitting on Meta because of privacy but Google's the worst.


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achenet • today at 8:41 PM

the original business model was, if I'm not mistaken, licensing the search technology.

Then they found that showing ads with the search results made them a lot more money.

They started optimizing for money made from ads, which depends on user data - letting advertisers show ads to targeted customers.