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The company cares for the profit. In some way it's not Google's fault, but it's our fault, because we allowed the concept of a free internet to even exist. Free
by tigroferoce 4y ago
The company cares for the profit. In some way it's not Google's fault, but it's our fault, because we allowed the concept of a free internet to even exist. Free as in no money, of course.
What I see is that free as in no money sells well, while free as in freedom is not that interesting. We have what we deserve and what we have worked really hard to obtain. And this is sad.
One might argue that the users were "tricked" into believing that an ads-based system could be not evil, and that now that technology has become a key part of society it should be regulated (like driving, for instance, is). But then, again, we choose our regulators, and we have the regulators we deserve, so ...