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True things about Google. If we apply the POSIWID principles from systems thinking (Purpose of a system is what it does), then Google is mainly a Search Ads company. Given its history, it will be extremely hard to reinvent itself to be something else.

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People forget that the digital cameras emerged around '96 when Kodak made the most profit, but the company continued to make a profit until 2008 or so. You don't kill your cash cow. You either milk it 'till the end, or tune it. For them, is adding generative AI capabilities.

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