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Re:Someone at YouTube Needs Glasses: The Prophecy Has Been F... by Loudergood on Tuesday November 25, 2025 @11:27PM (#46054207)
You mean DoubleClick. It's clear which business model took over after the merger.
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Re:Someone at YouTube Needs Glasses: The Prophecy Has Been F... by venturecruelty on Wednesday November 26, 2025 @01:35PM (#46060828)
I keep forgetting that they bought DoubleClick. Google has been a surveillance company for so long now that I've kind of forgotten there was ever a Before Times.
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Re:Someone at YouTube Needs Glasses: The Prophecy Has Been F... by joquarky on Wednesday November 26, 2025 @06:27PM (#46063477)
Doubleclick actually took over Google.

Perhaps not literally, as in on the financial books.

But certainly in leadership "values".

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