- Ads do not adversely affect customer satisfaction.
- The combined forces of Microsoft, Apple and others could not create a serviceable search engine (despite Microsoft alone having already made one).
If not, let’s just agree to disagree :)
I‘m sure they can. And, as you say, MS does already. supported with ads as well unless I‘m mistaken. Are you suggesting they offer a search engine and subsidize it. That they offer it as part of their ecosystem benefits, sort of?
I can’t disagree that users tolerate ads, since advertising is the model of plenty successful websites. It’s just that, like bundled OS crapware, the user experience is better without it.