> but not so well with AI revenue
replyNobody is doing well enough with AI revenue ATM (https://isaiprofitable.com/). At the moment it is probably more about market share of users, that is where the investment capital will need to be clawed back from when it starts to be called back (or replacement money will need to come from if the investment cycle simply stops giving generously).
That may be valid, but it's an entirely separate point that doesn't touch on how Google is doing with AI revenue and how THAT affects the shitty direction they're taking with ads.
replyLove this. Can we also have an environmental cost calculator somehow?
replyDollars are a very good first estimate of environmental cost.
replyI do wonder if the more they goose their ad business the faster it eventually falls. I know I am more and more reluctant to view many normal Web page ads at all and usually immediately click away the second a site gets annoying
replyI block ads because I don’t want my family exposed to scams, clickbait, and offensive content. If ads weren’t so annoying, I wouldn’t put too much effort into blocking them.
replyAlso: Creepy surveillance, and a delivery mechanism for malware/viruses.
replyOnline advertising has completely broken from anything resembling the traditional social-contract of magazine ads, billboard, signs, etc. They're preying on your safety and privacy, not just your attention.
I don’t see many these days thankfully. I Use happily YouTube premium and mostly AI for web browsing-equivalent activities.
replyThe other companies are stealing people's work for headlines and sabotaging each other. Google is offering a whole bunch of Gemini APIs that do real shit, with the same terms and contracts and the existing products for most of them.
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