• yucandu@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    And my point is that it isn’t “these days”, it was always monetized.

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      Things started out free and ad free. Google for example started ad free and proudly started that fact. Now it’s become a core strategy for them. Release a new product, get it on everyone’s devices then load it up with ads.