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Re:Google’s stock slid after report on search ad decline by zetaabba on Saturday June 18, 2016 @08:49AM (#11928347)
why, would you prefer there not to be a search engine that can find (almost) anything you need in less than a second for (almost) no cost to you and then takes the money it earns from you and pours it into major projects with no promise of revenue?

Comments like these seem to suggest that Google or Facebook are the worst and one spends their time better somewhere other than IT. I really just don't see it.

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Re:Google’s stock slid after report on search ad decline by amelius on Saturday June 18, 2016 @08:55AM (#11928373)
Because Google and Facebook waste too many resources on keeping their market share.

For instance, if Google search took 2 seconds per search instead of 100ms, they would lose their market share. But that difference in performance is what is keeping 95% of their highly educated workforce busy.

It is just a worthless arms race, and I hope that people start to realize this.

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