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Step 1: Google made an excellent search engine where the top result is often the right choice for many common queries.

Step 2: Sell the top result slot.

Step 3: Profit.

That's why it makes a cool 100 billion in profit every year. It's one of the best money printers ever conceived, because it controls the distribution. We'll see how OpenAI does.

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