On: Why GitHub won

[sixo]

a simple heuristic: does it make Google a boatload of money? if yes, it's safe

[rubinelli → sixo]

Anything besides ads, GCP, and Apps in that bucket?

[progmetaldev → rubinelli]

I won't disagree with you, but can you put ads in the product, and have them be front and center? That also counts as ads.

[sixo → rubinelli]

photos and email, sources of personalization data and AI training data are also part of the ad supply chain