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Re:Every Google result now looks like an ad by scrollaway on Tuesday January 21, 2020 @11:52PM (#22114746)
Google owes mostly-unbiased accuracy to the internet at large. They built their brand and reputation on that. It should not be possible to purchase a shortcut on the accuracy, especially someone else's.
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Re:Every Google result now looks like an ad by pb7 on Wednesday January 22, 2020 @12:21AM (#22114858)
It doesn't owe anyone anything. It trades this unbiased accuracy for eyeballs on its advertising, the same advertising that many folks in this comment section are condemning. Without the advertising, Google doesn't owe anyone anything. It's not a charity.
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Re:Every Google result now looks like an ad by scrollaway on Wednesday January 22, 2020 @07:07AM (#22116802)
Its a sad world you live in where businesses don't owe you to behave ethically.

You'll probably figure out at some point that they do, and that this whole law thing is a proxy for ethics we put in place so that we can punish people that don't.

Until then, live in your world.

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Re:Every Google result now looks like an ad by pb7 on Wednesday January 22, 2020 @10:35AM (#22118389)
I live in the same world you do, minus that smug sense of entitlement to products and services others provide.
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