• hitmyspot
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    1 year ago

    Probably because all information changes I’ve notes in the last few years have nothing to do with improving information access and all to do with monetizing it.

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      1 year ago

      Google used to make good software that they could monitize with ads. Now they build their apps to sell ads.

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        1 year ago

        Yes. The product was good and the ads surrounded it. Ow the ads is the purpose and things are designed around that. Not just with googlez but all companies.

        There is a serious problem with commerce and friction in payments when most companies that are valuable in the last 20 years don’t have a product but help people to find a product already available.