Almost every big tech company is an ad company. Google sells ads, Meta sells ads, Microsoft sells ads, Amazon sells ads, Apple sells ads, only Nvidia doesn't because they sell hardware components.
It's practically inevitable for a tech company offering content and everyone who thinks otherwise should set a reminder to 5 years from now.
> The next year, Google began selling advertisements associated with search keywords against Page and Brin's initial opposition toward an advertising-funded search engine.
Those ships of motive have long since sailed into some very brown, foul smelling waters for many different companies, and more ships will keep sailing the same way.
