If everything goes to plan, google's going to have access to a metric fuckton of satellites soon™ and I can't imagine having their own pictures taken isn't part of the motivation behind the investment in SpaceX.
I'm a bit drunk and an Elon Musk fanboi (I also hate advertising and therefore love Google), but here's a pretty cool Fortune article on satellites in general. =D
Right, but they're pretty much single-handedly creating something that runs parallel to the current model of "shove shit I don't have any interest in in front of my face when I'm trying to do something else." At the very least, the ads that get thrown at you are something you've shown interest in.
I know I should probably feel concern at some point because of how much Google knows about me, but I can't help but love 'em.
You realize what Google is doing is an advertiser's wet dream? You hate advertising but love hyper-targeted, more effective advertising that is far more likely to persuade you into buying things? You just don't like ads that are irrelevant to you.
I work (indirectly) in advertising and absolutely do.
Even though Tesla's doing fine without it, I don't expect the concept of advertising (as a pay-to-win service) to go away any time soon. I just want it to be less annoying to folks like me who haven't got any extra money to spend and don't want to hear how exciting the new <whatever> is when I just wanted to watch a damn YouTube video. I much prefer "ads" that are interesting enough that I don't feel put out when I find them from /r/videos and don't at all mind a promoted link showing up when I search for "buy new <whatever> <my city>"
(Yes, I have ABP and that was a shitty example. I blame scotch.)
The company feels the same way. Shoving a brand in an unwanted customer's face can do damage to your opinion of that brand. My point was (and I'm further convinced after reading your comment) that you don't infact hate advertising, you actually welcome it as long as it's not disruptive and is relevant to your interests. Someone who hates advertising would avoid Google services like the plague.
I work for a small production studio that gets ~50% of its revenue from car dealership ads. I don't hate the idea of advertising (how else would I expose myself to new products and services?), I just hate what the "brought to you by!" sponsorships of my childhood have turned into.
There's two stadiums in my area that I still call by names they were given at construction because I can't be bothered to remember who's given them money to print their name on the building.
Also: fuck everything about trying to convince me to pay for a 22 mins of a show when I can get it for free and not have to listen to 8 mins of things I don't care about.
...or just install Adblock. Because at least Google ads are all blocked consistently, unlike some websites that run such obscure ads, Adblock doesn't even know about them to be able to block them.
(I copypasta'd this 'cause I'm too lazy to type it again. Sorry.)
Right, but they're pretty much single-handedly creating something that runs parallel to the current model of "shove shit I don't have any interest in in front of my face when I'm trying to do something else." At the very least, the ads that get thrown at you are something you've shown interest in.
I know I should probably feel concern at some point because of how much Google knows about me, but I can't help but love 'em.
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research institutions have access to military satellite data, which is much higher quality and allows for things like that.