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		WalterBright 10 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: US weighs Google break-up in landmark antitrust ca... Right, you get ads, or you pay. Businesses aren't charities.

Apocryphon 10 months ago [–]

So the existence of for-pay search engines would disprove the assertion that advertisements are necessary, as there are alternate ways to find information and fund businesses that fetch you that information, without relying on ads.

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