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I would be quite likely willing to pay Google for their services more than they are making out of me currently, if:

1.They agree legally bindingly not to give any of my data to anyone.

2. They do not show me a single ad anywhere.

Obviously, that would mess the current business model of everyone counting on adwords revenue, so I am not holding my breath here.

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They would quickly have a potential revenue ceiling that would likely decline over time.

At the moment it's the opposite.

Google is trying this with their YoutTube Red, which removes all advertising from YouTube.

I believe it is actually kore profitable than advertising. With ads, an average person is worth between $0.01 and $1 a month (depending on what type of ads), much less than the $9 for YouTube Red.

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