This is such a silly proxy-argument altogether. For a very contrived definition of "product", search isn't a product, and for other definitions, it surely is.

This is such a silly proxy-argument altogether. For a very contrived definition of "product", search isn't a product, and for other definitions, it surely is. You're trying to make a point that as search engine users, we are a means to an end for Google, like cattle on a farm. And I agree with that. But we can discuss this directly, there is no need for a passiv-agressive proxy discussion about what definition of product is right. And there is no need to draw the whole HN audience into this.