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		kumarvvr on Sept 19, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The $300B Google-Meta advertising duopoly is under... The important part is "rarely clicked". Meaning, you have sometimes clicked on it. Spread that click amongst billions of users, and you have a good revenue stream.

osigurdson on Sept 19, 2022 [–]

To quantify it a bit more, I think I only click on google search ads on the order of once per year. Contrast that with YouTube, where I probably watch 1000 ads per year on that platform.

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