The answer could help the central bank solve one of the most puzzling paradoxes of the economy: The current expansion is the longest in history, yet productivity gains are weak and GDP growth, while steady, is far from stellar.
In a speech this week, Fed Chairman Jerome Powell raised the possibility that the problem is with the data itself. GDP measures the value of products and services that are bought and sold. But many of the greatest technological innovations of the internet age are free. Search engines, e-mail, GPS, even— the official economic statistics are not designed to capture the benefits they generate for businesses and consumers.
The results? The median user would need about $48 to give up Facebook for one month. The median price of giving up video streaming services like YouTube for a year is $1,173. To stop using search engines, consumers would need a median $17,530, making it the most valuable digital service. Brynjolfsson is advocating an entirely new measure of economic health that calculates benefit rather than output. He calls it GDP-B and estimates that the welfare gains from Facebook alone would have added 0.05 to 0.11 percentage points to its annual growth.
Yes I would But I don't Trust Goverment ? Ronald Reagan (GOVERMENT IS THE PROBLEM) But a Company that powerful is just as bad as a goverment. Small is better. Why whats are you thinking and why Google what search would we have ? so many questions ?
Yes
I will do it for $24,000.00
I'd give up the fed res for alot less than 17k a year!
Yep. Pay me now pls.
I'll do it for $16,500. I just need a link to the form please.
Hell yea write me a check
$17K a year 👉 make it to $35K people will give up Google
nope
Let me google an appropriate response..
Seems to me they want to profit off the access to it and curtail public information being dispersed. Doesn’t seem to be a good intentioned question,
👎🏼
Please?
Yes sure send me my $17,000/annual check already.
Just send me the check! Will give up Google AND Twitter!!!
Yes for half of that. 😎
Yes
Yes
Children - you going to run this post for another year?
Fuckin-A.
The search engine or all services? I heavily rely on Youtube, but I'd be happy to give up yhe search engine for that.
Of course. For a mere $1,700, I would block google too.
No
Would you please get someone new to write your tweets?
Yes
I would pay $5 to keep from seeing the exact same weekend twitter posts by CNBC... the exact same ones over... and over... and over.. and over.. and over.. and over.. and over.
Sure.
Sure there’s still Bing
No. I use it all day every day
Yes
I would take the money and start using Bing. I can live without Google.
Easily.
Yes
Send the check
Lol the fed wants to know if I would give up google... google is basically taking privacy away from its users so I would not hesitate one bit. I would toss google down the drain.. duck duck go and brave browser baby 💯
No. I use their services all the time.
ya
Yes
And what... Use Bing? Ugh no thank you
Yes, send me my check
Of course
I would
Sure
The free internet is easily worth $50k annually to savvy users. So, for the average user, $20k sounds about right. I'm thinking of free courses, recipes, messages, VoIP, maps, YouTube, and e-commerce.
The fact that this is even a topic of debate just shows how much of a spoiled and obnoxious society we have become
Yup!!!
Bing was always better anyway
Instantly...
Are we talking data checks?
Is that $17,000 USD? 🇦🇺
If they pay me upfront yes
No problem at all. Pay up!
You're damn right I would lol.
Well since I didn’t have Google for the 4 1/2 yrs I spent in Solitary and didn’t have Google for the 6 1/2 yrs I spent in the Supermax 🤔 that’d be about $170,000 the Federal ReServe would owe me 🤷🏾♂️ What day do they Start the CalCulations 🧮
Is Lycos still a thing?
Yes he’ll yeah
Raise the rates, Jay.
Uh... what? What a strange question.
I stopped using google a couple years ago, wasn't easy but when they took down the don't be evil sign I knew it was time to avoid using anything from them as much as possible.
Cut me a check right now and I’ll be out.
Send me my check.
No
I gave up Google two years ago for free. Haven't missed it. Firefox and Duckduckgo work great 99.999% of the time. But you can pay me if you want.
Where do I sign?
ffs just put drugs and prostitution into the GDP calc while you're at it
was that duck duck goose
I haven’t used google itself for years but I have used YouTube from Google and Nest (since it controls our heat) but other then that almost nothing I own really uses google
Google services or google search? I’ll give up google search any day of the week for $17000
Why.. so the elites over at the fed, could fix information .. so they could get away with more false information...That would benefit them and there Posse On Wall Street.
Would you give up any of your pay?
Yep
Take it!
Where do I sign up?
Yeah
Have you tried using some of the advertising based search engines? JUNK! Give me Google-
Yyyyeeeessss!
I never use Google
Yep
What is Google? .. wait, let me google it
Where do I sign?
Yes
Instead of pumping market, had fed given that money to everyone each person in USA would have got 15000.
I stopped using google after 2016. It hasent effected my life one iota. Duck Duck Go works just fine.
Why $17,000 and who came up with that?
Repost
Yes.
Make it 25000 you got a deal
I thought it was a search engine
No, what am i expected to use as a search engine then? Bing No amt of money can replace the usefulness of google
Yes, i’ll use Yahoo.
I’m Chinese, google is blocked anyway, I’d do it for 1700, come on Jerome
Sure I’ll just use another search engine
Impossible...Everyone wants you on the internet: doctors, schools, businesses, banks, jobs, etc.
Yes
BostonFed dm me for direct deposit instructions to see how long i last
Sure. There are reasonable alternatives.
I’m still waiting for my check!!!
Yes.
lorettafts81 Yup. Where's my cash?
Where’s the money 💰
I literally owe my career to google 😂 soooo no, 17k is chump change to the knowledge at your fingertips...
Yes. Can we do direct deposit?
In less than a heartbeat! Where do I sign?
When do I get paid?!
I will pay $1,700 a year to get them the hell out of my life.
They will give you 17,000 to give it up , and charge you17,001 to use it again.
You keep asking. I keep answering YES! Now where is my $17,000?
I have given up since 2010. Will I get at least half the accumulation?
In a heart beat
Just stupid....
How many times are you going to repost this?
Is this one of those trump things of don't believe what you see and hear me say, believe what I tell you? If we can't research, we just have to take their word for whatever and it's worth 17k? NOPE. Still broke with 17k a year. I'll pass. Thanks anyway.
What is the price to abolish the Fed?
Sure
Duck Duck Go, here I come😅😅😅
I think the opposite might happen and they might start charging us!
NO!
Cool exaggerated headline, but the $48 a month to give up Facebook is a more puzzling question.
No
Yes, this is great, I will give up Google forever.
Siiiiii dónde firmo.
Yes.
I would. I would use Dogpile search engine. 😂
I love watching ppl cry, bitch and moan about the evils of companies like Google while using companies like Twitter and FB to do the crying, bitching and moaning. Hypocrisy is a way of life for some ppl. If you're scared of Google cancel your internet and hide under a rock.
Google the search engine or Google the company and all of its products? If it's the latter, can I still use AOSP-based ROMs without Gapps? The rules... they are rather blurry.
Thank you goduckgo and tor. Google is not my main search engine anymore.
Google provides more than $17k of value to me; so no.
Yes
I've been using Bing for like a year because free money is free money
No, absolutely not. I have to admit that I am quite partial to Google.
Sure why not
Yes.
What's a 'Google'?
Yes
Sign me up!
Data and access to data is not the problem. Discernment and the lack of critical thinking is the problem. Dumbing things down is how we got here. Why make it worse.
Why should I pay Google $17,000 when I can use DuckDuckGo for free and keep my search private?
I'll use Brave
No. Not worth it. Information and the access to it is priceless. Wouldn’t do it for a billion. Information is memory really. We have unlimited access to our memories. Google is our collective memory.
Yeah but what’s the actual scam so Google can Go more crazy
Sure
Where do I sign up?
Google can be unlimited knowledge, it's like asking to never be able to access knowledge for 17k a year.
Sure why not...cash app me bruh! $cemfx
Hell yeah.
Not sure but I hope Jay is keeping well :)
Definitely
I'd guess (avg hrs spent using google) x ~$80 would be somewhat close.
100% yes!
Yes, how soon do I get paid.
duck duck go it is ProfNahlik
HE'LL YA ! COULD ALLWAYS USE THE EXTRA DENIRO ! $$$$$ MAGA
We’re at the point where people have to be paid to think about using bing lmao
If give it up for 35B a night
Happily
Keep gvmt off my internet
yes
Nope
Not only a year forever
Give me that 😆 i switch to iphone and microsoft
Yes
YES!!!
Not just yes, but HELL yes.
No but I’ll negotiate a better deal
Yes
Oh yeah. Ever heard of Bing?
DuckDuckGo yes !
Yes.
I use Bing for the rewards 😌
Hummmmm i will do it for 27000😂
Where do I sign?
Do I get the money directly?
damn right
Yes.
Yes I would
Stupid question
Yes
Google is the future. Get with the times. Technology is here to stay. I would give it up for one year though. Let me get that $17k
nope..for 100.000 a year!
Yes the answer is absolutely Yes. Bing where you at? Show me the money!!!!!
Yes
GooglePay
Yup
Yep 👍
That’s all?
YES
no
Yes $ now
All google platforms? No.
Absolutely
Yup
I don’t even use it so cut the check
Sure, could I keep another browser
Hells Yea
Hell yes! I do t use them hardly anyway. I don’t use their services other than YouTube twice a year maybe, don’t use their browser, email(other than YouTube account), search, music, photos etc. PAY ME!
Yeppers
Yes
Definitely
I gave up Google for free. But if someone wants to pay me for using I’m in. I take all forms of payment. Even Venmo. TIA.
$17k after taxes?
Already did. Use DuckDuckGo
No.. leave Google alone
Give me half of that and I'm in
Yes
Yes. I'd just use Bing (!) 😆
sure
I am in.
Would you give up 'corporate global tracking software' for $17000 a year, if we made it instead?!? Uhhhh, gee George... I dunno!
Sure, I mean there's always edge.
I would
People are too stupid these days. There's a reason integrated search is implemented in everything from desktop, vehicle, appliance OS.
No not even for a mortgage.
No, but i pay for my gmail now
yeah, it's a mystery all right. printing up trillions of dollars and giving it to bankers hasn't trickled down to the plebs? It must be because Facebook is free huh? That just tells me they're never going to fix their mess. They'll just keep faking the numbers. Byebye dollar
JFC
Abolish the Fed
I would give up the Fed for free.
Impossible. How about...can google give ME up for a year without vacuuming up my data, GPS, and browser history? I’d want to know
Send the.check now
Yep. Where do I sign?
The Fed should just take their annual revenues and divide it by the number of Google users. That’s the value in this context Google has set for itself based on the current market.
This tweet again? Time to cut the cord everyone.
Great question. However I think the better question is would you value paying for internet access the same if you could not search for information? Right now it’s imbedded in the amount we pay for internet access.
what matters here is the FED wants MORE of your life. The end game is to own you and every asset. EndTheFed
Where can I have my check sent?
You mean I could be paid for doing what I already do?
where do I sign up? google
I would switch to apple in a split second whats the deal here?!
How did you come up with exactly $17,000?
And use Bing? Hell no. And 17k is more than I get in disability. Jk
This better not be another waste of money our government is considering!
Very interesting article—but how do you quantify “free” digital services? Also, this is hilarious: “the peace and tranquility afforded by speedy resolution to those contentious arguements over the trivia of the moment.”
No way !!! U won’t be able to find anything . Looking up stuff would require getting ur library card ... lol
YES!
The federal reserve is a private entity so they in the most kind manner can fuck off. They should just stick to printing money.
Google search or all Google including devices?
Repost
Yes
YES!! I'd give up internet access period for $17,000 a year. Sign ME up!!
The fed doesn't need to know what I do.
Your article is about how much money supposedly is being lost by so-called free services. Google makes its money off of selling citizens' personal information. So, federal reserve, don't even consider trying to charge us more for Internet services!
Well, FACEBOOK at least, does post its ARPU, every quarter.
Nope
Sign me up
I would pay $17000 to give up Trump
Na boss
Yeah. I make 14.
Ties into my argument here:
Sure. There is firefox or IE or Safari.. And other search engines.
Sure :)))
This is possibly the most idiotic question ever, because it completely misses the point of the entire business model of these internet services.
Most people would and just use another one--
Waaaaa? Perhaps if the Fed stopped printing money..
Not enough we can take google into court for damages to health businesses, inc facebook etc. And companies pay people compensation
How about 650 Billion
How do i sign up?
Yes...as soon as I get the check
Write me a check and find out
Yes, I'd give up google for $17k. Who do I contact to get my money? DuckDuckGo is a much better search engine any way. They don't track you!
Why?
No
Yes
yes i'll give it up for $1000
Sure, why not!!
That's a tough one. A person with limited resources may find this offer tempting.
Fed_Careers vary smart people routing i,,owe to:me alwayschoice positions Google not sum harvard practices chronicle delusional theory i,,own youdidntbuildthat passportCAN dail9 ChicagoFed NewYorkFed MENatWORK portauthorityco not only what you know MiaBLove
They can have one kids as well but I fear they’d want their money back after a month with ‘em!
Absolutely. All of it. Totally.
Yes. Pay me to use a different search engine. PAY ME!!
No
Absolutely
I don’t ues google si send me the cash
i’ll take cash
There are almost 1billion internet users in China are qualified for $17,000. Fed simply doesn’t have enough money to pay
Let's make it 170k and you got yourself a deal 😘
No problem
That is a really narrow and out of touch question. What broad of audiences are they asking?
Sure
Done. Pay me.
Uh yeah?
I haven’t used google search in years. Still use YouTube though.
If someone gave me 1c (let alone $17k) for giving up the use of ANY programme I’d take it!
Yep
I will give up Facebook for $1 a month 🤪
Yup
Hell yeah
Hell yes. But, I'd give up the federal reserve for a lot less. :)
'The Fed is trying to figure out how much free internet services are worth to the economy.' Where I live, Internet service isn't free.
I disagree. Give me one way you can access the free software like apps and google without having to pay for internet service via cable or cell phone or satellite service? They are not free.
I would give it up forn10 years.
Nope, everything I use is google!
Yep
Maybe
Totes! Now gimme dem duckets!
Honestly, no.
Easily, I prefer yahoo search and aol email
Yes
I sure AF would. And besides there's always DuckDuckGo jack
Try me.
Not being informed or current... advances the agenda of who?
Just the search engine? Or email account and all?
Yes I would switch to bing
Interesting concept. It makes sense, but I suspect the development of that rationale will eventually be used as a tax revenue opportunity.
Yes, I hate Google.
Yes
Yes
Taxable?
Distraction.....
Do I get to use Bing or Yahoo or other?
I already have given up Google... for over two years. Waiting for my check Federal Reserve
yes
The question is what does it cost. The cost of an aspirin is probably a penny but it can be a live saver in certain instances but that doesn’t mean you can charge $5k a pill because it would save your life.
What Google?
Yes, I would use any other search engine. AND MAYBE just for fun go old school and buy... wait for it... an encyclopedia!
How much damage does the Fed do to the world economy every minute of every day? I want to know.
Sure, I can just use Bing. 🙃
Yes
Would you give up The Fed for $17,000 a year? I want to know.
Yes
Yes
That's not what the article says. Didn't the headline writer read it? It says search 'engines', plural. So all search engines. Giving up Google would be a no brainer, but giving up the ability to search at all, isn't.
Yes
They want us dumb and passive
I’ll answer the question for $17k
Sure. Send it
I feel a screw coming. This not too far from the future.
Over half this country would give up the internet for 17k a year.
bodiedby_mo ask google. they already know. DataPrivacy
That would be great since I already replaced Google with DuckDuckGo
And I’d throw in facebook to seal the deal.
And replace it with what? A state run program? Then no.
No!
Yea, I'll just use Bing
I think I could make $20k work
No but I'm ready to negotiate.
No it's infringing on 1st amendment
Yup
LMAO; I closed my Google account 6 months back; I did it for free, and my freedom; aid face book to that line up and its a deal!
Yes, I would, that means new floors, a roof for my home. 100% yes!
Only 17,000?
You mean get paid $17000 to live like it’s the early 1990s with current technology otherwise.... how could I survive...?
And use yahoo? Kill me now
I would give up Crack for $17,000 a year
What’s Google?
There’s other search engines and if there weren’t they could be created Sure with $17,000 a year why not use a slightly inferior search engine than Google
Nope...its more valuable than that.
sure
Fuck no
Sure
Yes
As long as there’s an alternative, sure.
In a heart beat!
Yes
In a heartbeat. I’ll use Bing. As for YouTube that would suck but I’ll survive for the additional 1400.00 month. Apple has maps.
Not what you know who access routing tooling worth to value service actual provide choosekind humiliation couldbeworse killer skills deadly accurate accredited Chronicle competent monster googledevs
End the Fed
Yes. Pay me.
Maybe
Hey, federalreserve, notice how most say they’ll make that trade? That’s because the mere ability to use google isn’t actually worth $17k. You’re gonna have to juice GDP through finagling the methodology a different way.
Show me the money!
Make it $150k and yeah sure why not.
I presume the Fed will be simply printing all these $17,000 checks. More QE.
Yes! Never use Google anyway
They have to understand we have to be relaxed as king and queen in the situation of a princess mean prince..📌🕋🕌🕋💍🏥💍🔗🐖🔱💯🥕💯🐖🐖🐖🎁🎠📌🥕🥕🤗🥕🤗🥕🤗🥕🙊🙈
Yes
Tax free?
Ok give me the money.
Sure.
Yes
DuckDuckGo , where do I sign up to collect ?
Where do I apply?
I would have done it for $10k.
Yes
Is it tax free money?
Yes.
Yup
I’d give up Apple Maps for $.01 though
How is this a question? I could pay off a student loan and even get a hamburger with that kind of money.
Nope
No, if the opportunity cost exceeds $17,000, as Mr. Powell would know. A problem with Google is that it is a package deal, which controls your access to the whole gamut of computer apps and social media.
Yes
The productivity paradox? Spend a week with a Millennial and find out why they get nothing done
Me: Why does CNBC repeat dumb twitter posts? Google: No result found.
Easily
Anyone who says yes, must never have used Bing
Without a doubt nor second thought.
Yes.
Duh! Maybe not as good, but we still have bing and Yahoo. Throw in another $17k and I'll give up amazon too 🤣🤣
No
Yep
Bring the money
You know how important Google is to me? $17,000 wont cut it....
I'd give up the federal reserve for a lot less...:)
Show me the money
It'd be crazy not to.
I’d give up twitter for far less, if that’s helpful to the fed
Yes
In a nanosecond
Yes.
Well... how about you Cash App, Venmo, or send a legit hard check first and then I’ll state my yay or nay...
Just what we need our Central Bank -- that oligopolistic collection of unelected debt consultant bureaucrats with police power who lord themselves over the American people and the world -- to concern itself with.
Yes because I never use google! I don’t trust them.
Sure
Yep would switch to Duck Duck Go and Tor browser, apps do maps.
Sure
Sure
Yes , I could use bing
Send me the $17 grand first. And I'll let you know.
Use brave browser, DuckDuckGo search engine and ProtonMail for email. All are better for protecting your data. dataprivacy dataprotection
Sure pay me and I’ll just use DuckDuckGo
Jeez, no Bing Puhleeze.
Yes
Yep!! Plenty of other options!!
Yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes
Sure.
Yes
Yes. Where’s my money?
As long as I could still use Bing, I’d do it.
No problem. I will use yahoo to do searches
Yes
Dumb question
Yeah no problem
Yup!!
Yes !!!!
Absolutely not I make way more then that off Google so why would I give it up to make less
You betcha! Sign me up...
Are they actually saying that google is worth $17K/year to each user? How? The results are pretty bad. There are tons of results but google often fails to find things it found previously. Many things exist on the internets that google ignores completely. What good is that?
Yes
Sure. How do I get the money?
Right now!
Yes, I can. My wife know everything too.
If they are paying I'm take that job...
Technology boom has seen companies been made, flourished and burst. Google or Facebook aren't the only one with a bright idea and a big wallet. A new idea might send Google and Facebook down the drain unless the Feds wants otherwise.
Where do I sign
No
Yes
Yep
Easy
Definitely
If it was tax free money. Otherwise no! No way in hell that I'm contributing to local state or even federal taxes for making an effort. Screw the tax scam in shitholeUSA
This is kinda dumb. The services aren’t free any more than radio and broadcast TV are free. Advertisers pay. And users of the internet do pay plenty for the service.
Hell yes.
Yes!
clickbait!
yes
YES unless Google hires me with a substantial salary and excellent benefits
Yes!
Yes
These products are not free. It’s not much different than broadcast television. It’s only “free” to consumers because we agree to sufffer through so much advertising.
Give me $30k and we got a deal
Huh? How do I give up something that refuses to give me up? It insinuates itself in every aspect of my life, without my consent...
Our mission at is to build the social news network that ends fake news. Follow us Overlooked_Inc
This definitely verifies this meme I made. They haven't a clue do they? Not like they would give me 17k a year LOL. This is a idiotic.
Sign me up
Kinda like asking how many people would subscribe to Google if it cost $1416/mo. I'm guessing very few.
I’ll do it for $17 . I like Yahoo
Federal reserve top10
Yes !!
No. Essential to my work.
No
Probably, especially if it meant not having to deal with their terrible customer service for Google products - AdWords in particular. I’ll take my $17k via Venmo 😉
Yes, where’s my check.
No, because we use their email and other office productivity tools at work. My job pays me a lot more than the $17 I’d (hypothetically make from not doing it.
Yes
in a heart beat
No, but I’d give up CNBC on the weekends for $1.75
Yes
I could do that. Where's my check? 😉
Hell yes
sure
Yes
yes
Yes ill use bing
Bing me up Scotty
No. I value the freedom to search my own information. Not be controlled by big brother!
That’s impossible!
sure. i can always use ask jeeves
Cyberspace was fine before corporations invaded. Without massive data centers we'd move to decentralized process. But beside the point. Economic World Order isn't failing because of cyberspace.
Can I bing?
In a heartbeat
Would you give up cheese or Google for a year?
Of course, DuckDuckGo
Id like to but the government keeps letting it acquire everyone else I could use
Our mission at is to build the social news network that ends fake news. Follow us Overlooked_Inc
Nope 👎
17k which turns in about 5k after they get you on taxes and fees I'm sure.... But even then, I'll take 5k a year!
Yep
Googling how,to use Bing now
Yes mail me a check.
Google is my home page. I'd probably give up on banks sooner, in a bank run.
Hell to the no
Yes, I will use an actual map and use bing instead.
No 170k maybe
Sure there are other search engines 😁
I would give up cnbc for $0
Yes, tell them to call me
Yes! Absolutely
Yup
Yeah. Put the $17,000 in escrow and I will collect it after 1 year.
Where do I sign up
Yes
10 years
Sure I can use DuckDuckGo
yes
If you give me $100 I’ll say yes.
I guess I give Bing a try.... 🤣🤣🤣😜 No, I wouldn't. Sticking with Google
Yup
No, you know how much opportunity google gives you? And how much that would affect your day-to-day?
I guess I could ask jeeves
When do I collect?
No but I would consider it for 6.15 btc per year.
Sure. But you'd have to pay me first
Yup
No YouTube would be tough LOL
Yes
Yeah, I’ll use bing or yahoo
Why not?
Start writing the check!!
Fuck ya
Where do I sign?
Yes!
Hello yahoo!
Will they give up QE then
Google, Facebook together no prob
As long as Bing is still working, sure. Send me my check.
17,000 yr... that's minimum wage, so No.
Yes
$17,000? I'm so broke I would do it for $1700, scratch that I would do it for $700.
This dude's high
Sure would.
Yes. Gave it up for just my privacy.
Cool...now do Facebook
It's not in the GDP cause the business model cannot work if these services are not free. Everything is correct in the data. It's like inflation not capturing rising home prices because economists take mortgage payment as data, with lowering interest rate it misses part of reality
boy would that give wealthy people a hugeeeeee economic advantage. They would literally enslave the poor dumbquestion
Think about this one folks!!!!! No Google Search. No Google Maps/Navigation. NO YOUTUBE!!!!! (Google owns YouTube). No Android phones. No Google Drive. No Gmail. No Hangouts.
If you take away competition the quality will most certainly suffer. I’ll gladly take a free market with a cost versus a free service that comes at a price
No problem. I’ll even take the discounted price of $16,999.99
Yes. Send my money I'll never use it again. Thanks.
Economically it's worth a lot.....politically not so much!
yes
Yup. And I’d give up Twitter forever if they’d pay me full price for large swaths off my trash every night.
I stopped using google six years ago.
I've lived in a time with no internet OR Google.
no
Yup
yes
Libraries are celebrating nationwide
To buy peanuts?
yes, please forward me a check.
No.
Done it before. Can do it again. But why do they want to take away the flow of information...
Yep!
Ain't worth it.
AndrewYang and yanggang check out this interesting study. Very consistent but parallel to the message about GDP
Depends on what give up Google would mean. like all of us Android users are basically slaves to Google.
Again, you mislead in the teaser. The article states that ALL search engines would have to be given up for the 17K, not just Google.
yes!!
Definitely
Count me in, oh wait, i ain't American. Nvm
Sign me up.
Yes!
Ugh if I get paid for 50 years up front better believe it! Plus they can tax it at 25%
Yes
17k in gold please. I dont want the Fed 's shitty FRN's.
Nope, First Anendment right’s are priceless. BTW, Elon just bounced an email through his Starlink system. How will Comcast ever deal with the threat posed to its oligopoly on propaganda?
Yes
I could do it for at least one year!
Yes.
I’d visit my local library
I can’t be bought. I would do it for free !
17k! Hell yes I would! ( I already gave up Amazon after they ripped me off $190.)
Show me the money!!!!!
Where do I sign up?
What is this supposed to mean?
Why is this the 1 billionth time I’ve seen this tweet?
Yes
I understand the logic. But the burden of valuing Google, YouTube, Whatsapp, Twitter, Waze, etc. is determined by companies that buy ads on these websites and apps, not the end users. It may seem as if those services were free, but productive entities pay for them to get to us.
In a freaking blink!
Yes. I hate their products.
Yeah for sure
Sure. When can they cut the check 💵?
yes
$17,000 to use Bing or Yahoo? No thanks!
Yes!
YES YES YES PAY ME NOW
Yes of course I'll just use my girls phone
Wouldn't we need to be at near 100% of all adults with internet service before this makes any sense at all? Isn't like me calculating my income based on billing when insurance reimbursed about 65% of what I bill for?
Sounds like they’re batting around the idea of taxing the internet and want to find out what $ number they could get away with
I would
If only this wasn't a hypothetical.
Why yes I would.
I'd give up the whole internet for a sweet little cottage on a precious piece of land with a little river running along its edge and wild flowers growing everywhere with a cobble stone foot path.
No, the question was - would you give up ~all~ search engines for $17K? For most people? Not likely.
This is still stupid economics 🤦♂️
FUCK YES
I gave up google for free I don't like being spied on.
How about for 17 million?
No but I’d give up Facebook for $1.
Hell yeah.
Yeah
What kind of cheapskate offer is this? When they can print money to save the rich & famous?
Yes. I use Duck Duck Go.
Still don’t understand why the Fed would care either way. What about the illegal drugs, money spent junk food...just curious on how to get people uninformed.
Already given up google for duckduck, where is my $17,000?
yes
Absolutely. Try me
No way.
Yes.
Don't say it to Google. Otherwise it will charge for internet search.
Yes
Could I still use Ask Jeeves?
Yep...
yes
The mail problem is gmail. There is no viable substitute for it . DuckDuckGo and firefox are now mainstream but what about gmail. Give better alternative to gmail and people will shift .
Send me the check ASAP!! Absolutely!!!
No
I think we are paying for these services and products but not with tangible currency. We pay for it by giving up our privacy in exchange or allowing advertising to be shown to us on these platforms. Make any sense?
Absolutely would give up Google for 17K / year there are many 'as good' alternatives that don't strip away private information (eg. Google purchased a great picture service Picasa then proceeded to destroy it for 'info' as Google Photos
yes
when people find out iranian military IT people work at google and youtube its easy to not use google things
i already have. i dont use any google apps or use any apps that use their ad system. i also block all google ads on safari. sometimes ill look up a youtube video but more and more im finding i dont need animeporn tube
Twitter zero Dollars/Euros but 'whats app' for 500....yeah no
Absolutely. I can use alternatives. Give me the dough.
DOPE has no HOPE.
Yes
Yessssssss
If that is what they are going to be paying me to give it up then hell yeah I would I make about $15,000 with just my one part-time job and the odd acting jobs I get add a little more, plus FYI the internet ain't free I pay $50 a month!
Yes
Yes
Sure what the hell.
Guys while ur here check out brave browser.
Yes
500 bucks to give up whatsapp? no problem. Google search? yes, ill move over to bing. YouTube? well, fine. I can go back to reading the newspaper or watching tv. Google maps? no need.
Already did as much as possible for $0.
Yes
Definitely
Yes
Works for me!!
Hell yeah. Show me the money
I would give it up in a heartbeat for $17,000 per year. That would be a substantial increase in my salary. I could go with Internet Explorer from Microsoft.
1.7M$ probably
You had me at “give up Google”
Send me the 17k and see if i don't
Promise?
ylanmui Well 2000 hrs times $15/hour is $30k/year! Yes! I’d give up $17k with NO benefits for Unemployment. Gas and childcare too?
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I already did it for free in favour of DuckDuckGo
All day. Thats the difference for me between having a decent life and having a bad week and paying for it for the rest of my life
Yes, just use Bing
Google Search, YouTube, Gmail, Maps ... are absolutely invaluable.
Yes.
don't answer that it s a trick they ll issue the equivalent of the total sum in one night
Absolutely not
Sure
HELL YEA. I'd give it up for free.
Yes I would.
Yep. I only got a cost of living raise last year. :)
Why such an odd figure federalreserve?
In a heart beat.
Can I get some Money to ?Give Up Facebook too? I can rejoin and then Quit them!
Hell Yes!
YES
Now how on earth? What
Yes if I lived off the grid on paid off land xD. No joke you would have to that’s how vital google has become
Yes
In a flash, when do I get my $17,000
Duh
Yeah... who wouldn’t?
I won't even get out of bed for 17,000 a year
Duh
Where do I sign?
Yup. Cut me a check
of course i would dot anybody would dot google dot com
Can i get $30,000 for two years
Uh yea pay me
Pay me
Yes, yes, yes!!
Yes
35,000 maybe
Yes!
Yes!! I know how to use an encyclopedia, a library, and leave my house to shop.
Sure would
Old news
Yes. Where do I sign up
Make it $23,000
Yes.They ran a lot of lies for trump during election.
Yes
YES.
Not sure but I would give up Facebook for free.
Sure, pay me...
How is this bs news?
Would for a bag of skittles or less.
Yes
Yes 🤔
It's really hard to give up Google on a Chromebook.
Maybe more
I'll drop Google for a year if I get $17K for it!!! In a second!
Yes, give me my money.
Yes I would I could use that $17,000 a year
Hell yes DuckDuckGo
Hell yes
Absolutely. Send me the money!
In a
Gave it up. How soon are the Feds doling out the $17G’s?
Make it 16 I’ll sign!
Bring it on
Buy stock in Bing
Yes yes I would
I am telling all my Chinese compatriot about this give up google thing,I think the Federal Reserve will bankrupt within one year
$1,416.66 a month to use Bing\\Internet explorer for a year? Yes. Hell I would use ask jeeves and Netscape navigator for that much.
No, but I’d give up Facebook for $17,000/yr. Since Mark Zuckerberg refuses to notify users when a purchased ad contains inaccurate or false info I need Google to do my research.
I even give it up for a blow job.
Yes
We already know the economic benefit of these services based on their financial disclosures. What they make is what they are worth. If they change their business models they will be worth more or less, but it is all in the bottom line.
It's more like will you convince my university to give up gmail
yes and go to Yahoo
The huge difference in GDP of 0.05 to 0.11 added if social media was counted somehow demonstrates the low value we attach to it. The Fed looks for way to fudge the numbers in favor of the tweaking the system. Go for it.
Yes!
. I’ve never used Google ... they mine your data. Am I still eligible for that $17K?
I’d give up Facebook for $500
$17 thousand dollars What’s google😳
Yes. Google isn’t the only search engine in town.
Yes.
Yup
Why?
Is that an offer?
Yes
It makes sense to try to place value on things that are difficult to measure using convention means. That said, there are also costs to these “free” services that should also be considered. Can’t tell from the article whether this is part of the model...
Yes
I'll cheat.
PoliticsNation In a NY minute !!
Yes
Kindof clickbait title. In the article it says “ To stop using search engines, consumers would need a median $17,530, making it the most valuable digital service.”
Possibly! (Checking to see if askjeeves is still a thing)
no
Yes
Yes.
Absolutely!
Yeah but it's almost impossible
Yes
Yup I’m in
Yes!!!!!!
In a heart beat. Money talks and BS walks.
That would be wonderful
Yep
For $17000 I'd absolutely switch to Bing. I'd do it for free, but my email is with Google.
Yes
Yep
Already did. DuckDuckGo
If I have 2 computers can I give it up twice ?
Who?
Yes
Yes.
YUPPPPPP.
Where do I sign up
I would switch to a flip phone for $17,000.
Yes! 😍
Yes
Hell yeah!
What you can buy with Democrat Andrew Yang’s $1,000-a-month Freedom Dividend YouTubeAndrewYang
yes
In a second!
Umm duh
Without a second thought!
I mean yes, but I’ll misspell everything so don’t complain
🤔
Yes for 170!
For $1
Yes
Yup .
absolutely.
Yep
Absolutely.
Hell yes
google, yes. coffee, no.
Personal data is monetized by big corporations, either through the internet, or loyalty programs. That is being captured through sales revenue.
Easily!
Yes
Yes
What's Google?
Yep❣️
I'd like to give up the Federal Reserve.
No
Nope. I love Google! It's easy to Navigate and a Joy to use.
No.
Yes. Because all it does is make me more of a hypochondriac. Please take it away.
Yes
yes.
I would
🤚- Jeeves
In a direct deposit!
Show the money
Sure. I'll just get my wife to Google for me.
🙋🏻♀️
Would I give up the complete dismantling of my personal privacy for $17k? Yew betcha.
Yes
Heck yeah
Yes yes and yes!
Sure. Sup bing
How stupid can you be? Of course everyone would do this.
No.
Yes
Yes
yes, try me!
I don't say no to free money and 17k is a worthy way of geting my attention of Google products 😉
No
Más rápido que ligero
Yes
of course
Yes
Hell yea.
Why?
Ha! I'd give it up for free!
Um, can I do this retroactively ? I’ve been away from the platform for 13 months now. I’ll accept (15) $1.000-dollar bills, (4) $100s, (12) $50s, and the rest in $20s, thank you !
Yes, easily.
Yes
Is this a trick question?
Sign me up 🙋🏽♀️
Heck yeah give me the loot 😂
Gave them up long ago.
50k and we got a deal
Right now
DanRiehl Yes
Yes
Yes, sign me up
Yes 17,000 times yes
I could use Bing for a year
Who?
No
The search engine or all google products including youtube?
You give me $17,000 I will leave my phone at home for a whole year. And turn it off on top of that...
Yes
Well duh. There are other search engines ya know
Yes.
Aside from a junk email account, I don't use Google anymore. Wanna pay up, federalreserve?
Google shmoogle, who cares
Bing me that 17 grand baby
Yes.
Ye.
Yes.
if you want to fix the economy, get rid of the Federal Reserve, home to biggest ponzi scheme known to man.
No but I'd give up Facebook
That's a year on minimum wage in some states. Not worth it.
👍
Does that include youtube and gmail?
I give it up for free
New York minute YES!
Yes
Trick question. It would be next to impossible to give up google even if you wanted to. Google has its tentacles in so much that you could not avoid using a google service or a service that uses a google service.
Uh...YEAH
I’m broke so, yes!😁
No
Already have...to Duck Duck Go, but I’ll take the money
Where’s the money coming from?
Do I get a check for $17K? if so , screw Google!!
Where should I send my account info ?
Pssh. I’ll Ask Jeeves for $5k a year.
not if it means giving up waze, How did I travel in my early years lol
Absolutely
Yes
I've never used it; do I earn the $17,000? If not, I'll go another few years without it.
In a heartbeat...
alabamamangreg Already gave them up 2 years ago duckduckgo
No problem. Hopefully the 17,000 is non taxable
Hell yeah
Yes
Sign me up!
Don’t know. Ask Jeeves!
Dont tell the federal reserve shit
depends, is the federal reserve just going to print more money which will lower the buying power of that $17,000 in which case no I will not give up google, google inflation.
No, but I’d give up the trump administration for $0!
You bet. I use Bing anyway.
For 17,000 a year, I will beat a google employee to death with kittens tied to my fists.
....Why not?
Yes, hook me up!!!
Yep
Show me t hr e money
in a heartbeat
Yup!
Yes
DanRiehl Where do I sign up?
Of course.
Where do I sign up
DanRiehl Yes. Google is evil. Also, Duck Duck Go.
Yes
DanRiehl I have given up Google for nothing. DuckDuckGo all the time.
federalreserve I’ll do it for $15,000 grand. Send me a check!!
Yes
YES. How soon can I get the 17K ?
“the tools of modern life”
Yes. I will also accept giving up a smart phone for 100k a year if you’re still offering.
Who wouldn’t?
In a heartbeat 💓
Of course. DuckDuckGo is more than adequate and I don’t trust Google.
I'll take it
Tax Free?
Giving them up would be easy. Getting away from them is the hard part.
Yes
1,000,000% Where do I sign up?
Using Ubuntu with Firefox synchronization with other Firefox installations and so glad to be avoiding Google surveillance and recording, even though operating with stage name anonymity of a defensive unfiltered truth-life writer
Um, yes!
Can I use bing?
Would You Give Up Google Forever?
What give up Dr Google?!?! No! 😜🤣😷
Yes
Lived without it before it’s cool I’ll just eat the same food at the same places and save directions and fuck my email because there’s thousands in there jokes on you google give me my money Right?
Read the story it is all free search engines
I’d give up twitter for free.
Sure, why not. Who wouldn’t take $17K?
Yup
Let’s just say, I’m not willing to pay for it
Sign me up asap please !
I literally could not do my job without it, and $17k isn’t going to pay many bills.
Yes
Yes i would
No, I don´t give up the Fete in 🇺🇸America! Also not in 🇮🇩Monaco! 🤣 With $17,000 a year from the 🇺🇸Fete I would not survive in 🇮🇩Monaco. Or, maybe I would survive, but homeless and homeless is forbiden in Monaco.
bigmoelbc no ... the end
Yes
Yes if I could use another search engine
Ummmmmyes🤷🏻♀️
Absolutely. It’s not the only search engine.
Yes, where do I sign up?
Yes please!
Yes
You bet your ass i would
Yes, yes, I would.
Yes. Where do I sign up?
Wish Google would fix our sote(s)google ad sense problem or provide a live customer service phone for us & others to use.....
I never have or will ever use Google
Bada BING!
Sign me up.
Yes, and I be screaming “Yahoo” !!! 😲
Sure!! There are plenty other browsers and search engines.
Yes
Yes, please and thank you
In a second.
No
Sign me up
When do I get my check?
Yahoo! When do get my check? I’ll Bing right over.
I’d quite google for $10 bucks.
Absolutely
Yeah. Bring back Netscape
google must have wrote this
Sure. Send me the money
DUCK DUCK GO away
NO!
Not enough money
Hell yes!
Yes
bitmaker_me Fascinating
After tax?
Why now
Absolutely
Yesssssssssss
Where do I Sign? My broke ass need that pocket change!
Yes
Why not, I’d do it in a heartbeat
Yes
Yes. I use Safari
How about limited companies like amazon and Walmart’s online market for sales and etc. allow smaller business to compete in the market for product sales. Walmart and amazin constantly underbid!
Yes
Fake news media again
Where do I sign up?
Hell yeah
Yup
I will take that $17,000 gladly...bye Google
Sure. Paid upfront in cash. Duckduckgo is good and I can migrate any email/calendar/etc. stuff.
yeah ive got a library
I would give up Google for $17k
Yes.
No 17001
Yes, please provide contact information.
Sure. I’d use Bing.
Yes
Send me that check and I'll delete all social media race baiting sites and Google.
Yep
Absolutely
Add a 0
Yes. Sign me up.
I just did on one device.
I use Google daily show me the money
Depends, are they gonna actually pay me?
without blinking an eye
Yes......send me the check and they're gone.
Yes, where do I sign up?
Never used it can I get representation
Sign me up !!
No problem!!
Yes.
Absolutely. I lived without it for over 20 years and did just fine. This is like giving me $17,000 for getting out of bed in the morning
Hell yes
Probs not
Sure. I rarely use google anymore. I prefer more privacy- sensitive search engines
Yes
Sign me up
You mean vs some other search engine? Hell to the yeah.
👍🏻
Yes
Yes
You still have BING and yahoo search lol
No
Yes
Yup
what else you want me to give up?
YES!! Where is My Check?
Absolutely!
Sure, where do I sign up?
sure ...well along as there is still sex, drugs and rock roll
Yep
Easy
Yes.
yes
Hell to the yeah!
Would you give up Google regardless?
Yes for that money
for 3 $BTC? sure
Absolutely! I still have a library card. 😊
I only use gmail and I could replace that will my own email which would not cost much. It would also allow me to drop the google tracking cookie too.
duckduckgo is fine but we need a youtube alternative
Why do they care? It’s free. Who cares
Yes, we have many options besides Google
For $17,000, I'd happily use DuckDuckGo
I gav up Google 4 free.. But regrettably google is root engine for ALL engines & they hav royally screwed up finding anything! Hav u noticed ALL shopping is only Amazon now? ALL!! WTF!! And it just didnt screw up shopping.. oh, noooo. 😩 Search results now are 95% WORTHLESS!!
Sign me up.... 💯
Yes
Bing and Netflix it is. Show me the money. $
How much Monopoly money are they going to print? That plays a factor.
Well, here we go again. Sumbitches trying to get in our pockets! Take your f'n Google! We have other sources. A big middle finger to the FED!
Go duck go
Yes! There are so many other search engines.
Yes pay me in Bitcoin.
Duck duck go is way better. Please give me 17k
I guess its worth what advertisers already pay and contribute to the GDP! What a farce. Maybe they should include voluntary work to GDP as well - sure would be a nice boost!
I’ll do it for free how the hell do I get it out of my phone
I'd pay $17,000 to end the fed.
No. How would I help my son do his 6th grade homework?
Yes
Ill give Google up for a jelly doughnut
I use duckduckgo so it's really no problem.
That comes with surveillance no thanks
Yes i will
No brainer.
When can I get my check?
I already gave up Google. brave
I’ll give up all of these platforms for17k
Definitely that'd pay my rent in tampa,fl for the year this is a silly question
Absolutely not.
Honey yes. I’d go full analog.
In a heartbeat.
No. The average American conducts 3-4 Google searches per day. So basically the Federal Reserve is asking if the average American is willing to give up 1,460 requests for information per year.
Can I still use Bing? :-) $MSFT
Of course
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