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Re:De-Googleify Internet by weberc2 on Friday December 09, 2016 @02:43PM (#13141224)
Why would Google create a high barrier of entry to get you on their platform? Their entire business model is based on tracking and advertising, so they have every incentive to lower this barrier to the greatest degree possible.
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Re:De-Googleify Internet by omginternets on Friday December 09, 2016 @05:39PM (#13142488)
It's about having high-quality information about these people. Google would rather have fewer people that are more valuable.
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Re:De-Googleify Internet by weberc2 on Wednesday December 14, 2016 @09:06PM (#13181734)
Seriously? Their business is advertising and their technology depends on big data and is designed to scale, and they offer all of their services for free. It seems like they have a huge incentive to know as much as possible about as many as possible.
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