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Google paid a whopping $26.3 billion in 2021 to be the default search engine everywhere (www.theverge.com)
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[–] zephyreks@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 year ago

Ads are a core component of how search makes money. They're also a core component of how YouTube makes money.