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Re:Every Google result now looks like an ad by perl4ever on Tuesday January 21, 2020 @08:40PM (#22113750)
Devil's advocate - isn't this a neat way of automatically being anti-incumbent and pro-competition?
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Re:Every Google result now looks like an ad by _jal on Tuesday January 21, 2020 @09:14PM (#22113911)
It is a tax on customers. Incumbents can generally afford to pay more than upstarts, and of course will just pass that cost on.
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Re:Every Google result now looks like an ad by cldellow on Tuesday January 21, 2020 @08:54PM (#22113821)
? I don't follow the mechanism you're thinking of here.
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Re:Every Google result now looks like an ad by hoorayimhelping on Tuesday January 21, 2020 @11:05PM (#22114514)
No. It's a currently non-illegal way to extort businesses.
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Re:Every Google result now looks like an ad by tempestn on Tuesday January 21, 2020 @08:57PM (#22113830)
It might be if it were more transparent. So many people are mislead by these "ads" on branded search keywords though, it really is extortionate.
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