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Re:U.S. House committee approves blueprint for Big Tech crac... by squarefoot on Friday April 16, 2021 @08:08AM (#26832855)
> It takes considerably more effort to go to a different store than going to a different website.

Not if the different website becomes hard to find because first pages of Google's search results are sold to better bidders.

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Re:U.S. House committee approves blueprint for Big Tech crac... by basch on Friday April 16, 2021 @04:39PM (#26838826)
googles front page for any term is already "what we think is best." it's their discretion, their opinion, they have no obligation to be fair.

if somebody paid for rank, the FTC requires them to disclose the sponsorship.

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