Re:Google's Paris HQ raided in tax probe
by EdHominem on Thursday May 26, 2016 @01:01AM
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> Most normal people don't know what a search engine and just go with the default.
Exactly. Microsoft's users are there because they don't know about the alternatives or are locked in.
> You are the one fetishizing Google. I know MS and Google are both slimy. Google just has a better PR machine.
I see, it is a personal thing for you.
I was just saying that Microsoft's services are essentially unusable. That's not because of Bill or Ballmer, but because Bing is just bad.
The only reason I'm mentioning dark patterns is to say that it's 20% with all the cheating they can do. Not because one in five people thinks their offering has value.
Exactly. Microsoft's users are there because they don't know about the alternatives or are locked in.
> You are the one fetishizing Google. I know MS and Google are both slimy. Google just has a better PR machine.
I see, it is a personal thing for you.
I was just saying that Microsoft's services are essentially unusable. That's not because of Bill or Ballmer, but because Bing is just bad.
The only reason I'm mentioning dark patterns is to say that it's 20% with all the cheating they can do. Not because one in five people thinks their offering has value.