Re:Every Google result now looks like an ad
by pb7 on Wednesday January 22, 2020 @12:26AM
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It's lying insofar as grocery stores having two brands of chips on an endcap that you see first before you get to the actual aisle with the other 30 brands is lying.
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Re:Every Google result now looks like an ad
by kempbellt on Wednesday January 22, 2020 @12:45AM
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More like specifically asking a clerk where the Lays Salt & Vinegar chips, and they walk you to the chip aisle and respond with "Here are the Doritos", but sure...
Re:Every Google result now looks like an ad
by pb7 on Wednesday January 22, 2020 @12:50AM
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Except this store only makes money on showing you where the chips are and not on the sales so if they can't show you the Doritos first, there's no store and no chips of any kind. If that's what you'd prefer, then pretend the store doesn't exist and go to a different one.
Re:Every Google result now looks like an ad
by TheUSSR on Wednesday January 22, 2020 @08:08AM
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That's not the only way they make money though. Even if it was the only way they make money, giving accurate results in those cases is the cost of keeping your users for cases you can serve them ads that are relevant. The only reason they got big was their accurate results so it is a shitty thing to do.