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[–] Asafum@feddit.nl 20 points 1 month ago

There is no amount that could answer that because the Ad profit is on top of the already existing product. It would always be viewed as a "loss."

Not that they're losing on the cost of operations and development of the OS, but because the ad revenue is in addition to the product...

Greed fucking greed fucking greed. Greed turtles all the way down...