Comment by phtrivier

3 hours ago

Was google already selling ads in 1999 ? Because before that, NO, they did not have a viable long term economic model.

Funny thing is, they stated their reason for existence was because ad-based revenue models would corrupt search quality. Funny that!

  • Same as our OpenAI friends, who founded a non-profit because one company (Google) holding AGI would be dangerous for humanity. Turns out it's only dangerous when it's somebody else's company. When it's yours, it changes things slightly.