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[–] DaddleDew@lemmy.world 78 points 1 day ago (2 children)

They ruined their search engine too

[–] mad_lentil@lemmy.ca 3 points 10 hours ago (1 children)
[–] DaddleDew@lemmy.world 2 points 4 hours ago

And mobile apps. And smartphones. And browsers. And image formats. And the general concept of privacy....

[–] Valthorn@feddit.nu 79 points 1 day ago (2 children)

They did that even before AI. Sponsored links and worse results, so people go to the dreaded page 2 more often, showing even more sponsored links and ads. And they say capitalism makes things run efficiently...

you don't understand! if everything only exists as byproducts of scams, we will get the best most efficient scams!

[–] FartMaster69@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It wasn’t solely their fault, people gaming the ranking algorithms also did disastrous damage.

[–] Hazel@piefed.blahaj.zone 34 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Because they wanted more clicks so they'd make more money from the ads served by... Google.

It was entirely their fault.

[–] FartMaster69@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

True, though it’s not like Google is/was the only company serving ads.

[–] eatshitforeverbutinaniceway@quokk.au -4 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

oh, there were two big pedophiles do Jeff EPs was actually fine and basically a good guy.

[–] Martineski@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

Not what they are arguing. :|

that's not what your mom said.