• ShakeThatYam@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    2
    ·
    1 year ago

    I had a friend suggest that Google just buy Reddit. With their deep pockets they could just run it at a loss. And it can help the search and AI development. Not the worst idea. Can’t see them running it any worse than the current administration.

    • impulse@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      1
      arrow-down
      1
      ·
      1 year ago

      Why would you buy a company to run it at a loss plus however many millions you paid for it?

      Google has mastered aggregating data over decades, they don’t need to own a website to get the data they want, Reddit much like any other website uses Google Analytics anyway.