freediver

> For example, he's currently recording a bunch of heavy metal albums.

Oh, any links?

Thanks, this does make sense.

But you are not clicking on ads? And they aren't (yet?) in AI overviews?

Pretty remarkable (in the age of AI) that search/ad revenue actually grew 12%. Anyone have a rational explanation why is that the case?

Curious what was the source of faith you previously had?

Being paywalled is not an issue (better than ad-ridden), but not being able to have micro transaction in a browser with one click still is mind boggling. As a creator of a browser, taking some blame for that.

Just to note that Google is not mentioned in the title and indeed nowhere in the article. Searching the web is broader than 'google'.

Ad targeting was always creepy and we haven't learned much yet as a society from 2+ decades of that being predominant business model for most of digital tech - search, social media... If it is 'free', that just means you are paying in different currency, often more valuable.

Thanks for sharing, something incredibly beautiful about her surfaces through these photos.

Very good!

> We need advertiserproof/trackingproof browsers.

Care to explain what do you mean by this and how would it work in practice?