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		jononomo on Dec 15, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Google is not a search engine, but an ad engine There is about 149 billion dollars of difference between the amount of money Google needs to "keep the lights on" and the 150 billion dollars that Google will see in revenue this year. Also, if "ads keep the lights on" then why aren't there toll booths on all paved roads, since "tolls pave the roads"?

humbledrone on Dec 15, 2019 [–]

Gasoline tax and vehicle registration fees pave the road.

jononomo on Dec 15, 2019 | [–]

So you get my point, then!

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