Comment by throwaway150
13 hours ago
Yes, but it is still a valid counterexample to:
> I think ads will inevitably roll out across all tiers
13 hours ago
Yes, but it is still a valid counterexample to:
> I think ads will inevitably roll out across all tiers
Kagi is too small and niche to have a proprietary dataset across its users large enough to make targeted advertising generate more revenue than subscriptions.
OpenAI/Google/etc. operate at a much larger scale, large enough for those proprietary user datasets to be worth far more in ad revenue than any reasonable subscription fee could net.
> Kagi is too small and niche to have a proprietary dataset across its users large enough to make targeted advertising generate more revenue than subscriptions.
All of this is true. But I don't understand why you are contesting @dsr_'s comment that Kagi is a counterexample. Both are true. Kagi is too small. Yes. And Kagi is a counterexample to your original "I think ads will inevitably roll out across all tiers" claim. You said nothing about being too big or too small in that claim. So @dsr_'s comment that Kagi is a counterexample is very much on point.
I think they're saying it's inevitable for billion dollar capitalist companies. /not-s
And anyway, companies that just want to make a really good living doing what they love are lame. /s
It's really not, though. If a "valid counterexample" can be something with, say, one user, then I can make a "valid counterexample" to literally anything you choose, but that's meaningless.
Someone is showing that they can deliver similar products or services without ads. It’s comparable.
Not every corporate entity needs to become a behemoth to be successful.