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I'm afraid this isn't an accurate comparison.

1. I do not know of any article that said that Google was "DOA" or "done" as a result of the choice of a search engine as a business model. In fact, search engines were an already-established industry at the time. If I'm wrong, I'd love to read it, as I imagine it's a fascinating historical document - even if it was horribly wrong!

2. OpenAI's business model and Google Search's business models are totally different. Apples and oranges. The way that OpenAI monetizes, the technology it uses to both deliver a service AND monetize it, the technology stack, the scaling, even the tech they acquire to build it, just totally different.

Again, if you can find an article that had someone in the 90s or 2000s saying "Google is DOA! Search is stupid!" then I'd really really love to read it, genuinely.



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