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Google Employee: Ad Business is Like Goldman Sachs Owning New York Stock Exchange

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Sarah Krouse
· · Source: The Information

Google’s advertising business sells 11 billion online ad units per day and takes “a very high tax” of up to 42% of money spent on digital ads, a coalition of states alleged in a newly antitrust lawsuit against the company. Its cut is double to quadruple what competitors charge, the suit says. The unredacted version of the suit, which was filed against the company late last year, revealed more...

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