On Thu, Jun 6, 2019 at 4:46 PM John Hasler <jhas...@newsguy.com> wrote:
> Since their ads never result in me buying anything (actually I rarely > even see them), I'm costing them money by using their search engine. > Well not really costing them anything. Their costs are amortized over so many other transactions, and their profit margins built-in. And don't forget to take depreciation into account :-) At compound depreciation interest, they wrote off the cost of each server against their corporate income taxes in about 5 years. -- > John Hasler > jhas...@newsguy.com > Elmwood, WI USA > >