Comment on U.S. seeks breakup of Google's ad-tech products after judge finds illegal monopoly
lka1988@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 weeks agoGoogle launched their ad stuff in 2000. They’ve been an advertising company since 2000.
Comment on U.S. seeks breakup of Google's ad-tech products after judge finds illegal monopoly
lka1988@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 weeks agoGoogle launched their ad stuff in 2000. They’ve been an advertising company since 2000.
killeronthecorner@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Once upon a time they were the “good ads”. They had an unobtrusive but instantly recognisable ad-format that was reasonably tolerable and text-only. It was once they started showing sponsored search results that it became apparent they were willing to be subversive to get clicks.
Their whole image was built around user trust and the moment they had everyone hooked they 180ed.