Re:Calling Out Google's Bullshit
by puranjay on Wednesday March 21, 2012 @08:35PM
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They changed AFTER building up their business on users like you and I.
It doesn't matter how big Google Shopping is. It is misleading, and it places Google's own content above everyone else's.
You may not click on it, but your father or grandpa might.
That's all that matters. That's like telling guys building sites: go home, kids, you can work as hard as you want, but you're never going to the top of the page.
Google is bending over backwards to please Wall Street now. Which is unfortunate for a once great company.
And honestly, isn't that what we do here at HN: obsess over the fate of technology and tech companies?
It doesn't matter how big Google Shopping is. It is misleading, and it places Google's own content above everyone else's.
You may not click on it, but your father or grandpa might.
That's all that matters. That's like telling guys building sites: go home, kids, you can work as hard as you want, but you're never going to the top of the page.
Google is bending over backwards to please Wall Street now. Which is unfortunate for a once great company.
And honestly, isn't that what we do here at HN: obsess over the fate of technology and tech companies?