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Alphabet is so big and so reliant on ads that they're actually using LTE radios in balloons to spread internet access to Africa so that they can get even more growth.

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Loon shut down last year: https://blog.x.company/loons-final-flight-e9d699123a96

(Disclosure: I work at Google, speaking only for myself)

The baloon project was actually one of the cool parts of Google. Notice the past tense.

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