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Google Contributor: the end of ads on the web?
Nov 27, 2014
Shona Ghosh

Google Contributor: the end of ads on the web?

Google has challenged its own ad-funded business model by launching Contributor, a US service that asks users for a monthly subscription in return for ad-free access to the web.

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