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vectorEQ | 6 years ago

don't see why ppl are surprised about this from an ad company. its not a search engine company and never as been, despite having a large search engine...

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rchaud|6 years ago

Google has been the search champion for close to 2 decades, and are seen as the pinnacle of SV innovation. That's the starting point of any conversation about Google, because the victors get to write history.

That's why 'ppl are surprised'. To many, Google's ethos is still 'do no evil', an absurd mantra for a for-profit enterprise whose business model relies on developing ever more effective ways to spy on people's behaviours for the benefit of their advertisers.

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