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So many assumptions, I highly doubt from my time being in prisons others would think... Oh man that guy has the cold.. He must be weak.
Re:Ask HN: When Will Google Kill Search? on Wednesday December 18, 2019 @12:33AM (#21822125)
Honestly, I think you're not fully thinking through the question. It's not trolling, totally a valid question. Ads are nearly half the page now, you have to scroll to see the first set of real results.

However, the direct response seems more sooner than later. If they could keep ads up and running while providing users with a direct responses to their questions or queries, I think they would.

They've taken over many areas

- answers - flights - comparison - shopping - images resulting in difficulty to click through to the site - Videos will likely be able to be played in search in the future.

Therefore, you're not fully thinking through. Search is ending, answers is on the rise, to keep a user on the page compared to sending a user to a website.

Facebook has already done this with news, why link to an article when you can keep the user in Facebook and keep showing ads.

Google will likely want to answer questions and keep users on Google.com compared to other sites. Likely going to cause a massive lawsuit, which is likely why it's not something they have done already. However, they are slowly chipping away at this, so people don't notice as much.

The image search has seemed to be their first attacking point and was sued due to it.

Here some proof of this, at once they removed "visit site" and only recently added it. They also make finding related photos easier and giving users a UX that removes the site they are taking them from.

https://9to5google.com/2018/02/09/google-images-features-get...

So for that, I think while the question seems to be trolling, its really not.

No need to be a redbull person... this happens all the time in Thailand.. different values here. In Asia in general, its can be solved by making a payment pretty much all throughout Asia
Re:Why Is Hacker News Paying for Google Ads –? on Sunday September 08, 2019 @11:38AM (#20911156)
wasn't, its to highlight a harder debate on why its Google ads are broken and forces brands to pay for their own keyworss
Re:YouTube faces creator backlash on Tuesday July 30, 2019 @01:00AM (#20562240)
your pride or your viewpoint doesn't = views. Sounds very entailed, but I would agree with you. It's hard to become something on Youtube, but that's the same for everything.
This was the point I was about to make, some apps don't want users all over the world due to country limitations.

Discussion: Instagram Get Blocked, Lose Control Over You Content

Who cares if someone blocks you or not, that isn't the question.However, you should have control over your content regardless right?When a user blocks you, you can no longer see your content, or the user. Clearly...This creates a problem. It forces with no option to delete comments or likes even on the users account who blocked you.___Background:A friend of mine is having some issues, and he...

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