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Re:Not OK, Google by cjcole on Wednesday October 05, 2016 @12:15PM (#12645178)
Their business model is to attract and sell your attention to other companies.

Given that, and the existence of pervasive surveillance and data mining, the above is inevitable.

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Re:Not OK, Google by internaut on Wednesday October 05, 2016 @12:28PM (#12645331)
Or as one fellow once said on HN with regard to self driving cars and advertising as a business model:

"Oh you wanted to go to the bank today? Fuck you, we're going over by the mall" doors lock shut

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Re:Not OK, Google by 0xmohit on Wednesday October 05, 2016 @12:44PM (#12645485)
Or maybe:

"I was feeling bored, so I drove down to the mall. Look what all did I get!"

And then prepares to rush the owner to the hospital.

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