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[–] Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works 14 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Google search became shit when they made the guy in charge of ads also in charge of search.

[–] froztbyte@awful.systems 9 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

this is actually the correct case - it is both written about (prabhakar raghavan, look him up), and the exact mechanics of how they did it were detailed in documents surfaced in one of the lawsuits that google recently lost (the ones that found they them to be a monopoly)

[–] swlabr@awful.systems 4 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Ackshually, Google became shit when they started posturing as a for-profit entity. Gather round, comrades, let us sing the internationale

[–] froztbyte@awful.systems 4 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

ah yes, the borg deep cuts, iykyk

[–] swlabr@awful.systems 3 points 3 weeks ago

I bring a sort of biological and technological uniqueness to the collective that the federation doesn’t really like