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Re:On software popularity on Friday April 10, 2015 @01:50AM (#9352760)
"Following the crowd is easy, but it's often a shortcut to the wrong place."

In the first place, if the product does not work well, it won't even get much attention or popularity. There are reasons why products got massively popular in the first place.

Ask HN: Why does Google allow ad blockers?

More than half of Google's revenue comes from search advertising. What if everyone uses an ad blocker, won't that affect their search advertising model? Ad blocks are so readily available and supported on the Chrome Store...

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