Well, yes. I mean of course they are. They're an ad company.

neolefty · 2026-05-21T13:24:57

Yep, and they're a company! Gotta pay the employees, power bills, and investors somehow. If I'm paying a subscription I think I get to expect no ads. But not if it's "free" ...

clearstack · 2026-05-21T17:54:46

makes sense from the 10-K. Search ads were $198B last year, 57% of Alphabet revenue. if AI summaries kill the click model, this is the fix — ads inside the answers