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>In essence, you're advocating that eBay goes away because google could do it... they could.. and eBay is technically just an intermediary, but do we want every
by treis 6y ago
>In essence, you're advocating that eBay goes away because google could do it... they could.. and eBay is technically just an intermediary, but do we want everything to be googlefied?
I don't think I'm really advocating for it as much as I see as a more or less neutral change.
That said, I'm pretty ambivalent about Google. Their size is a concern, but they also tend to be pretty low on the dark pattern nonsense. eBay, to use an example you gave, screwed me out of some buyer protection because of poor UX and/or bug (I never saw the option to claim my money after the seller didn't respond). In this specific instance Google ends the process by sending you to the airline to complete the booking. That, imho, is likely better than dealing with Expedia.
- supernovae 6y agoCompanies opt in to sites like Expedia and list their properties/flights/vacations on their marketplace and they pay a commission for those being booked. Expedia doesn't just crawl them and demand a royalty for sending them traffic... Google has a huge pay 2 play problem with PPC... i've worked for Expedia so that's the only reason i know this :) It's the reason companies work with Expedia many times because they don't have the leverage expedia group does... i see it as unnatural change btw... "borg" if you will.