Fark NotNewsletter: Google farked us over

Post by TeMPOraL » Tue, Jan 10, 2017, 9:27 PM UTC

cpayne wrote: post #10

TeMPOraL wrote: post #3

It's free market, isn't it? Take it or leave it - nobody forces you to use Google ad network. ;). /s At this point I'm convinced that nothing but regulation can make those big companies - on which our digital lives are more and more dependent - to provide even a modicum of customer support. Right now they don't care, because they simply don't have to - a HN headline every other week doesn't create measurable losses,…

I never really understand why comments like this get downvoted. There seems to be love for the free market. That is until the free market goes against what I want. Then the free market sucks! What if FARK was another type of business. Say it is the corner 7-11[1]. They have been there for 18 years, and their major source of customers was the big factory next door. Factory decides to either move / redesign / whatever,…

Post by vdnkh » Tue, Jan 10, 2017, 9:29 PM UTC

unknownsavage wrote: post #6

wnevets wrote: post #2

Isn't there enough competition within the ad industry to just switch to a different provider?

Nope. There really isn't, or if there is, it's niche dependent. To diversify away from Google, I've tried other ad providers and struggled to make 20% as much...

Post by eykanal » Tue, Jan 10, 2017, 9:30 PM UTC

TeMPOraL wrote: post #3

It's free market, isn't it? Take it or leave it - nobody forces you to use Google ad network. ;). /s At this point I'm convinced that nothing but regulation can make those big companies - on which our digital lives are more and more dependent - to provide even a modicum of customer support. Right now they don't care, because they simply don't have to - a HN headline every other week doesn't create measurable losses,…

Post by TeMPOraL » Tue, Jan 10, 2017, 9:32 PM UTC

eykanal wrote: post #15

TeMPOraL wrote: post #3

It's free market, isn't it? Take it or leave it - nobody forces you to use Google ad network. ;). /s At this point I'm convinced that nothing but regulation can make those big companies - on which our digital lives are more and more dependent - to provide even a modicum of customer support. Right now they don't care, because they simply don't have to - a HN headline every other week doesn't create measurable losses,…

Because the theoretical "free market" is nothing like what actually happens in practice. The Economist had a great writeup on this a few days ago [1], but the short of it is that Google is the definitive market leader, with almost no one in second place. Moving to a different network is simply accepting that your ads will perform worse. Additionally, responding to outright fraud by Google with the statement "move els…

Post by mrtron » Tue, Jan 10, 2017, 9:35 PM UTC

SippinLean wrote: post #14

>Our ads were turned off for almost five weeks - completely and totally their mistake Who is running your campaigns that they can be disabled for more than a month without anyone noticing?!