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Right, but that's because Google permits that. OP is saying Google should simply stop permitting advertising over the real answer.
by ThunderSizzle 5mo ago
Right, but that's because Google permits that. OP is saying Google should simply stop permitting advertising over the real answer.
- tardedmeme 5mo agoWhy would Google give themselves less money?
- fsflover 5mo agoIt should be illegal to mislead the users like this. The search terms weren't generic and didn't match anything.
- godelski 5mo agoLet me repeat myself >>>> When making more money requires degrading the product you know we've fucked up
- tardedmeme 5mo agoThat just sounds like business to me. You do whatever makes money.
- fsflover 5mo agoThis is called enshittification. Business behaves like with with the lack of regulations: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41277484 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41277484
- godelski 5mo agoMaybe it is today, but that's not how it's always been. The idea is that competition means the best product wins. But there's a lot it ways to degrade competition, not just monopolization. We're living in a lemon economy
- tardedmeme 5mo agoThere's never been any rule that the best product wins. Trivial example if I make RAM chips and give them away for free I'll lose.
- ThunderSizzle 5mo agoThere's a lot of reasons, but it's probably how Google makes most of their money - brand names end up being high value ad targets - at least 6+ years ago when I worked in that sphere of things (ecommerce, primarily). It's legit extortion. I guess that's why - because extortion is immoral. Eventually, those paying the protection fees will eventually find someone better to pay or will stop paying when the protection doesn't show up.