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You pay the taxi to take you to an address. You don't pay anything to google, you decided to use their ad funded "search engine", which they don't charge you an

• underwater 5y ago
  Down that road lies the argument that Google should be treated like a public utility. If the only mode of transport available were sponsored taxis, then people would be rightly demanding for the ability to pay for a car or use a government run public transit system.
  • chmod600 5y ago
    There are other search engines that work just fine.
    • tremon 5y ago
      Do the other search engines work fine because you pay them directly, instead of them being ad-funded? Because that's the argument the GP was using.
• floatingatoll 5y ago
  Okay, assume the taxi rides are free. The taxi driver is now wasting your time taking you all across town just for a selfish kickback. Meanwhile, you value your time, presumably, so you're getting more and more annoyed as they do this. I don't see how removing the cost of taxi somehow makes this scenario acceptable. What am I missing?
  • dorfsmay 5y ago
    A selfish kickback? Would you drive a taxi for free? Nobody forced you in that free taxi, you got in on your own. Use another service if you don't like the cost of "free" (ads).
    • floatingatoll 5y ago
      Yes, freedom of choice, et cetera. But what do you think? Is this a defensible, ethical behavior by the taxi driver or not? Is it by Google or not?