• @IamSparticles@lemmy.zip
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    316 hours ago

    You’re kidding yourself if you think companies being online was ever about anything other than potential profit. At first it was just a way to reach a wider pool of customers. Like the yellow pages before. Then, once every company had an online presence, they started looking for new ways to monetize the connectivity.

    • @Kommeavsted@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      7 hours ago

      Their statement is compatible with a profit incentive. Companies were happy to pay to be online because it was good marketing.

      It’s just pining for the time before they figured out how to target marketing and sell data