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would any downvoters care to explain how google being able to arbitrarily dictate web content is a power they should have? Not actually a downvoter, but I do
by manarth 10y ago
would any downvoters care to explain how google being able to
arbitrarily dictate web content is a power they should have?
Not actually a downvoter, but I do disagree with the sentiment: Google are simply choosing how to rank web-pages, for the people who visit their own search engine.
If there weren't any monopoly issues in play, there would be no question of Google's behaviour at all.
As it is, there are potentially monopoly issues in play, but in this instance, Google are simply penalising sites that provide a poor UX, which is a reasonable position for a search engine to take: prioritise the sites which provide the best value to visitors.
As an end-user, I would like duck-duck-go, bing, yahoo, and every other search engine, to penalise sites that use popups in this way.