Really amazing how much money they keep squeezing out search But it's basically impossible to escape the ads on it these days, so it's not surprising.
>t it's basically impossible to escape the ads on it these days, so it's not surprising ublock origin seems to do fine. Unless you are suggesting that the ad-ladden SEO'd pages are their real product?
Alphabet Announces Fourth Quarter and Fiscal Year 2021 Results
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#12A 20:1 stock split as well.
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#13Another sign of the slowing advancement in CPU power/performance?
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#14Earlier quoted context omitted.
>t it's basically impossible to escape the ads on it these days, so it's not surprising ublock origin seems to do fine. Unless you are suggesting that the ad-ladden SEO'd pages are their real product?
Even with ublock I'll stumble into a google ad for when I search for something like a restaurant or hotel
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#16Microsoft: $51.7 billion
Apple: $123.9 billion.
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#17Man, Google’s poor search results sure do pay well /s. I wonder if Google will make any big acquisitions this year
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#19To put Alphabets revenue this quarter ($75 billion) in perspective: Microsoft: $51.7 billion Apple: $123.9 billion.
Meta $33.4 billion
Amazon $134 billion
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#20Man, Google’s poor search results sure do pay well /s. I wonder if Google will make any big acquisitions this year
Not sure if sarcasm or not. These results demonstrate that the HN zeitgeist about the utility of Google is not related to its actual utility to the public at large.
HN and their desire for niche information is just not representative of the average human.