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Because it works really well

Because we spent an entire generation of the world’s most brilliant engineers on optimizing ad revenue.

Makes me sad, we could have been on Mars by now if we had decided that spaceflight was more important than social media.

anyone who spends 10 years writing performance reviews and rebuilding a service they already rebuilt last year, all to collect RSUs, was never going to land us on mars

Because if you don't pay they bury you so low you will never sell anything.

You need to pay to exist

Try putting food on the table without advertising your business. How much does your employer pay for ads?