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Re:CNET is deleting old articles to try to improve its Googl... by bee_rider on Thursday August 10, 2023 @10:16AM (#37076445)
I mean, penalizing sites in their search platform for not using their advertising platform would be blatantly anticompetitive behavior, right?

Surely Google is too afraid of our vigorous pro-competition regulatory agencies and would never do such a thing.

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Re:CNET is deleting old articles to try to improve its Googl... by waynesonfire on Thursday August 10, 2023 @10:52AM (#37076912)
and the cherry on top is that they also own the browser. helps to thwart attempts to "scam" google analytics and track those poor a-holes that don't use it.
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