I'm not speaking for Google (and have no specific knowledge) ... I think the forcing factor was cloud computing not ad networks.
On Fri, Dec 2, 2016 at 1:00 AM, Poul-Henning Kamp <p...@phk.freebsd.dk> wrote: > -------- > In message <58407de7.1030...@edlmax.com>, Brooks Harris writes: > > > As I read it I think Google's intention is to publish their method and > > algorithm in the hopes others may follow it. It would be better if > > everybody did it the same way, but it will remain to be seen if others > > will choose to follow the example. > > No. > > Googles *problem* is that they decided to smear internally, but provide > tons if APIs for the rest of the world. > > The most valuable of these APIs, in terms of money, from Googles > point of view, is the on-line, real-time bidding for ad-space in > front of your eyes [1] > > Google running on private time up to half a second different from the > rest of the world doesn't work in that scenario, so either Google > had to drop their smear ... or make the consumers of their APIs > use their smear too. > > Guess what happened... > > Poul-Henning > > [1] Ever wondered what "google tag manager" is about ? > > -- > Poul-Henning Kamp | UNIX since Zilog Zeus 3.20 > p...@freebsd.org | TCP/IP since RFC 956 > FreeBSD committer | BSD since 4.3-tahoe > Never attribute to malice what can adequately be explained by incompetence. > _______________________________________________ > LEAPSECS mailing list > LEAPSECS@leapsecond.com > https://pairlist6.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/leapsecs >
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