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		stephenr on Dec 7, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: How to fight back against Google AMP as a web user... It literally means a person who purchases something. No sane person on the planet would consider a person using a search engine for free, "the customer". The customer is the person who buys something - in Google's case, advertising.

shawnz on Dec 7, 2019 [–]

Right, and users of the engine aren't using it for free. They're paying in ad impressions.

stephenr on Dec 7, 2019 | [–]

Ad impressions are like shares. They're only valuable if someone is actually paying real money for them somewhere.

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