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by eevilspock
4306 days ago
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[EDIT] Both my comments critiquing advertising are getting downvoted, as usual with no reply explaining where I'm wrong. Sigh. One way to advocate for greater accountability across the board is to advocate against the "free through advertising" business model: 1. It's a lie. It's not free. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7485773 2. It undermines free-market mechanisms by having the paying customer be other than the consumer. And as fidotron points out, it also has the same effects as dumping against any non-advertising business model. What is the underlying business model of Apple? Make products that consumers are willing to pay for. DDG's underlying business model seems to rely on sales kick-backs and minimal advertising[1]. Not perfect, but not as bad as Google's. - [1] https://www.quora.com/What-is-DuckDuckGos-business-model |
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