per month, per year, per lifetime? Depends on how the data is stored. If privacy mechanisms are high and a client sided encryption option available maybe $10/m.
I think per year would be their style.
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#12Pointless question. It isn't their business model.
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#13$0
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#14$100 per year.
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#16I actually prefer the ads in certain instances. If a company is willing to pay per click, they probably have an offer that is compelling to me.
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#17All ads and all tracking on the net? I'd do between $100 and $200 per year for sure.
The more hypothetical, but interesting question: if you had to pay for it to use it, how much would you spend? Assuming no free bing substitute, I'd gladly shell out $1000/year.
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#18$0, maybe less.
Google ads provide enough value for me on some searches that I would actively seek them out.
I think I am extravagating to say I would actually pay for the ads, but I'd choose them over a free service without ads.
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#19$0, but it's not likely to happen anyway...
Selling an ad-free version of their services would undermine the value of the audience presented to their advertisers.
It would also be tantamount to admitting that their ads are annoying, if even in a minor way, and this would contradict their efforts to deliver relevant ads unobtrusively.
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#20I don't even notice them. I don't notice ads on most sites unless it's the obnoxious ones. I actually don't even know how the cost-per-click ads generate revenue. I've never clicked one in my life.