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How Google Makes Billions Off You—And How To Opt Out

2025-09-18 103 Dailymotion

You can’t go online without interacting with Google in some way. And while we pretty much all know by now that the tech titan makes money from advertising, you might not know the scale of that revenue (about $264 Billion in 2024, 75% of their total for the year.) What makes Google’s targeted advertising so valuable? You guessed it: your data. So can anyone escape the reach of Google’s data collection behemoth? We take a deep dive into how Google generates astronomical revenue by following you—and how to opt out.

Director: Efrat Kashai
Director of Photography: Mar Alfonso
Editor: Louis Lalire
Host: Andrew Couts
Line Producer: Jamie Rasmussen
Associate Producer: Paul Gulyas
Production Manager: Peter Brunette
Production Coordinator: Rhyan Lark
Camera Operator: Jeremy Harris
Gaffer: Salif Soumahoro
Sound Mixer: Michael Guggino
Production Assistant: Shanti Cuizon-Burden
Post Production Supervisor: Christian Olguin
Supervising Editor: Eduardo Araujo
Assistant Editor: Andy Morell