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In related news I have noticed that most things I search on Google don't show any ads at all. I went hunting for it and found that common household items are showing ads, but other things don't. And most certainly there is no obnoxiousness like an entire page of ads before the content.
Not in CA, but our governor is deciding what must close, and even what items stores can sell. I suspect any news outlet (sans politics) would be desired to stay open. But you can't legislate everything.
What are you referring to with 'Not in CA'? This is in California.
I think you're confused about what's going on here, which is why you're being down-voted. This isn't about whether the LA Times is allowed to stay open or any Government direction on what businesses should be open. They are still open. It's about their sharply declining revenue from advertising.
How might Google and Facebook revenue move? Facebook earnings per share consensus is $1.78. In two weeks, we'll see how it stacks up. https://www.nasdaq.com/market-activity/stocks/fb/earnings
Not really relevant. Equities are completely divorced from reality at the moment. FB and GOOG could guide down 2020 revenue by 50% and the stocks would pop AH because $6T new money has to find returns somewhere .
In related news I have noticed that most things I search on Google don't show any ads at all. I went hunting for it and found that common household items are showing ads, but other things don't. And most certainly there is no obnoxiousness like an entire page of ads before the content.
uBlock Origin and DuckDuckGo user here, not noticing any change at all in website ads.
This is an interesting time for ads since people can’t buy most of the things.
I’m definitely in the camp that “the cure cannot be worse than the disease” itself. Sitting in California where there are so few cases makes me wonder if the economic toll is totally worth it. Seems like we’ve used a tsunami to put out a campfire.
It seems to be forbidden to debate this unfortunately.
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Which is how it worked before the internet.
Yep. Maybe we move to a model where low quality/#FakeNews is free but quality costs and, presumably, you then move to a point where pooled subscriptions are a thing under that model. And it costs a substantial amount of money or you get it through a library. There's a lot less accessibility under that model, especially for those that don't really have disposable income. There's also the question of whether enough wil…
I’m definitely in the camp that “the cure cannot be worse than the disease” itself. Sitting in California where there are so few cases makes me wonder if the economic toll is totally worth it. Seems like we’ve used a tsunami to put out a campfire.
I’m definitely in the camp that “the cure cannot be worse than the disease” itself. Sitting in California where there are so few cases makes me wonder if the economic toll is totally worth it. Seems like we’ve used a tsunami to put out a campfire.