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Google Inc.'s chief executive, Eric Schmidt, sees a future where mobile phones are free to consumers who accept watching targeted forms of advertising. Schmidt acknowledged that mobile phones may never become totally free to the consumer. Newspapers are still not completely free a hundred years after they started relying on advertising, but they certainly are inexpensive, he noted. Refer title of this post for full story @ CNN money. [Resource-Type: News; Category: General; XRating: 3.5]

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todd Feb 29, 2008

It's more than a little bit scary how much advertising has permeated the modern experience. Google as a massive, ad-driven company is incredibly worrisome to me as well, because they are so much less incompetent than their predecessors. Someone who can know everything about where you are, what you buy, where you shop, who you know, what you say to them (txt/sms), who you call, for how long, when....
todd Feb 29, 2008

They could really get you to buy stuff, i'll bet. I notice this when i end up watching ads on tv occasionally while traveling (hotel or plane). it's all garbage designed to make us all feel bad about ourselves and buy more crap. really concerning.
notgneiss Feb 29, 2008

But think of all the cool free stuff you get in exchange.
notgneiss Feb 29, 2008

I got a free sample of kiwi-scented cellphone mouthpiece cleaning tissues in this morning's Boston Herald.
jhota Feb 29, 2008

like i need advertising to make me feel bad about myself and buy more crap. that's what my family is for.