Google Tests Waters of Voice Ads on Speaker

An unprompted promotion highlights balancing act the tech giant faces between monetizing new search formats and users’ ad tolerance

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I love that expression ' user's ad tolerance ' ... do they not read the news? We have already that we have zero tolerance - hence the rise of ad blockers.

File under another reason not to buy Amazon and Google tech ... and stick with Apple ... a company that makes its money from what it makes - not the people that use what it makes.

Oh - and that caption? Jeez - Alexa might be able to recognize word patterns - but it doesnt understand anybody!