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0 pointsdarby_nine1y ago0 comments

Right! Imagine how big they'd be if they hadn't given up on microtransactions in the 90s. I'd guess not trying to be broken up by the DOJ.

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thfuran1y ago· 1 in thread

Probably they'd have closed shop long ago, because someone else would've done ad-funded search, and it's nearly impossible to compete with free.

darby_nineOP1y ago

We'll never know because nobody tried. The internet is too broken now to bother searching. For a group of people that claim to love empirical analysis people on this site sure do love writing off anything but the current state of affairs.

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