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True Earthling

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1. Please suggest an alternate way for them to make money.

Reply to onehandle (Original post)

Fri May 18, 2012, 09:04 AM

May 2012

Google and Facebook have thousands of employess/programmers and own tens of thousands of servers to program and maintain. How do you suggest they generate revenue to cover their expenses? Would you like to see them charge user fees?

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Another bunch of billionaires and millionaires have just been creating with ad spamming. [View all] onehandle May 2012 OP

Please suggest an alternate way for them to make money. True Earthling May 2012 #1

You couldn't pay me to use a Google service, and I block Facebook ads. onehandle May 2012 #2

Have you never used Google search? muriel_volestrangler May 2012 #3