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I wouldn't really say it's the last few years. Google has had a vertical monopoly on search/advertising for at least 15 years now and nobody's (nobody that mat
by busterarm 6y ago
I wouldn't really say it's the last few years.
Google has had a vertical monopoly on search/advertising for at least 15 years now and nobody's (nobody that matters, anyway) said a peep about it really.
- godzillabrennus 6y agoThey learned from Microsoft’s mistake and have had a robust government affairs/lobbying effort for years.
- kortilla 6y agoNobody has said a peep because switching is still trivial. I use ddg as my daily driver. On the advertising front, until recently, Facebook was the favorite for many companies when it came to advertising due to the better targeting. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monopoly https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monopoly
- busterarm 6y agoYou switching is meaningless. Between Android, Chrome, Google Search and AdWords, 99% and some nines of all web browsing globally is done with a Google product sitting in the middle. Even if you're using ddg, most pages you browse will have gclids somewhere.