> which they will sell ...
Citation? I was not aware of this.
Citation? I was not aware of this.
Selling eyeballs: yes.
Selling information: oh good lord no, so very, very no. That information is never ever leaving Google's servers.
Imo it's enough to be a bad thing. We can't rely on good will of companies to fight incentives and money in the name of privacy of their users.
Even the evilest of companies isn't going to sell off its competitive edge, that's just idiotic.
Also you are wrong, Google is not a marketing company. Google is a middle man company. Google matches marketers to consumers. THAT is Google's business. Google is paid to be a match maker, nothing more.