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Re:Why Did ProtonMail Vanish from Google Search Results? (2016) by mmrezaie on Thursday November 30, 2017 @08:28AM (#15815520)
Well said, making us pay them for the quality/uncensored search results basically destroys the main source of how they can create insights on data by letting people use their services for free. Google's search business is now a public utility but so far I do not see regulatory systems capable of regulating it without destroying it (catch 22 so far).
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Re:Why Did ProtonMail Vanish from Google Search Results? (2016) by ksec on Thursday November 30, 2017 @10:38AM (#15816521)
Why am I reading a lot of these argument like being a left or right debate.

I dont think Google is quite there yet to be regulated. You have alternative like bing, and you have Duck Duck Go, and the latter actually provide pretty decent results.

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Re:Why Did ProtonMail Vanish from Google Search Results? (2016) by rusk on Thursday November 30, 2017 @01:29PM (#15818175)
The discussion is more one of he principle of whether a dominant market leader is allowed to use its position of dominance in the market to influence that market or not. It’s hardly “left and right” to debate this as being right or wrong.
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Re:Why Did ProtonMail Vanish from Google Search Results? (2016) by ksec on Thursday November 30, 2017 @02:39PM (#15818819)
That is certainly true, but they were arguing whether it should be regulated. And regulation or not are always political.
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Re:Why Did ProtonMail Vanish from Google Search Results? (2016) by rusk on Thursday November 30, 2017 @03:06PM (#15819019)
Especially for the businesses doing the lobbying not to be regulated.
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