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yucandu@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

• Obituarykidney@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  That’s… The point of the post. They’re talking about ai specifically, but everything is monetized these days. Including people chatting with each other online.

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  • yucandu@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    And my point is that it isn’t “these days”, it was always monetized.

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    • Obituarykidney@lemmy.world ⁨23⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Things started out free and ad free. Google for example started ad free and proudly started that fact. Now it’s become a core strategy for them. Release a new product, get it on everyone’s devices then load it up with ads.

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