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Originally Posted by FanIn80
Exactly. I didn't say what Google does is a bad thing. I just said they aren't altruistic.
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I find a lot of things that they are doing could be said to be altruistic though. Advertising only helps pay for those innovations. Their engineers and designers do a lot of things to try to improve not only the internet experience but the entire experience of how we deal with knowledge (Google Books). Google is probably the least instrusive of any internet company in terms of ads. They were the first one to completely ban image related ads on their search engine.
If barely noticible, extremely minimal advertising can pay a company to hire vehicles to drive over every single road on earth while taking 360º pictures and making that accessible on a free map database...then I would almost call that altruistic.
Youtube is increasingly flooded with advertising but that is completely understandable given how it's growing at a geometric rate with even 1080p support these days. Their bandwidth costs actually makes Youtube one of the biggest money losers for google.
Apple is far more commercial and "in your face" than Google with brand image and advertising being their biggest stick as it always has been since their inception.