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@floofloof@lemmy.ca to Technology@lemmy.mlEnglish • 2 years ago

How Google Alters Search Queries to Get at Your Wallet

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How Google Alters Search Queries to Get at Your Wallet

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Testimony during Google’s antitrust case revealed that the company may be altering billions of queries a day to generate results that will get you to buy more stuff.
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    There’s a lot of benefit to it, and if you don’t install all the crap you find on the internet you’ll be fine.

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      well sure, for customisation sake there is plenty benefit. the security concerns are more plentiful, however

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