Google maps results are on their way to death. I was recently doing a search having gone down to a three block area, did not show the result - Google pulled out a few blocks and showed a category result there. There was a higher ranking category result in the block i remembered, i had to remove my search term and zoom in!
The problem is not ads, it is not even capitalism, is the requirement of our western capitalism to require constant growth. Doing what Google did 5 years ago, with the profits of 5 of years ago, should have been fine - but the markets demand growth, so companies have to pull into unsustainable territory and that wrecks the company.
Boeing is a great modern example.
No one ever really expected much of reddit. It could just do its thing. But now, spun off, it will have to relentlessly seek growth, and the counter is ticking for its destruction.
The problem is not ads, it is not even capitalism, is the requirement of our western capitalism to require constant growth. Doing what Google did 5 years ago, with the profits of 5 of years ago, should have been fine - but the markets demand growth, so companies have to pull into unsustainable territory and that wrecks the company.
Boeing is a great modern example.
No one ever really expected much of reddit. It could just do its thing. But now, spun off, it will have to relentlessly seek growth, and the counter is ticking for its destruction.