▲ 2144 ▼ Google engineers want to make ad-blocking (near) impossible (stackdiary.com) submitted 3 years ago by seasonone@opidea.xyz to c/technology@lemmy.world 692 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[+] Bardfinn@lemmy.world -1 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) (1 child) [removed by mod] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] BlueBockser@programming.dev 3 points 3 years ago The EU has a PPP GDP of $24.05 trillion compared to the US' $25.4 trillion. That is a market of significant size and leaving it will affect Google's bottom line. You can compare Alabama and France all you want, that is irrelevant. Or should I perhaps start comparing Mississippi and Luxembourg? Lastly, I don't know if you've noticed but Google isn't the only search engine in existence. Bing, Qwant et al. will gladly fill the void that Google leaves behind. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] BlueBockser@programming.dev 3 points 3 years ago The EU has a PPP GDP of $24.05 trillion compared to the US' $25.4 trillion. That is a market of significant size and leaving it will affect Google's bottom line. You can compare Alabama and France all you want, that is irrelevant. Or should I perhaps start comparing Mississippi and Luxembourg? Lastly, I don't know if you've noticed but Google isn't the only search engine in existence. Bing, Qwant et al. will gladly fill the void that Google leaves behind. permalink fedilink source parent