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Re:Google Search Is Dying. What Comes Next Is Worse by robinsonb5 on Tuesday August 11, 2026 @03:24AM (#49254530)
I'd frame it more that Google is incentivised to show you the results which are most lucrative for them to display, rather than the ones which are most beneficial for you to see.
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Re:Google Search Is Dying. What Comes Next Is Worse by oblio on Tuesday August 11, 2026 @04:10AM (#49254846)
Incentives. Which is why platforms (such as search) should never be allowed to be in the same company with things built on top of them (such as ads), if the combined company is significant for an important market.

We used to know better, Standard Oil vertical integration was dismantled.

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