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giancarlostoro · 2021-08-18 10:38:40

It's only a matter of time before Google starts doing the same thing. I can't imagine Google wont do it eventually.

DevKoala | karma 2741 | avg karma 3.14 · | 2021-01-26 17:11:18+00:00

I wonder if Google will follow suit.

OCASM | karma 158 | avg karma 1.25 · | 2021-01-08 22:19:14

Probably won't be long before Google starts applying similar pressure.

ktRolster | karma 4173 | avg karma 2.42 · | 2016-05-09 16:33:43

Maybe that's what Google will try to do.

ofou | karma 3382 | avg karma 3.97 · | 2023-04-28 11:20:14

This is probably what Google will do soon. We'll see!

sdfghswe | karma 523 | avg karma 0.92 · | 2023-10-16 07:29:58

Surely google won't let this stand for long, right? As soon as it gets any kind of popularity google will intentionally break it.

rayiner | karma 121493 | avg karma 4.24 · | 2016-12-15 20:25:43+00:00

They already have. It's called Google.

kmonsen | karma 2619 | avg karma 1.98 · | 2020-12-18 07:33:49+00:00

I don’t think google will do it until users start leaving in significant numbers at least. And that’s seems unlikely.

simonebrunozzi | karma 31854 | avg karma 3.55 · | 2016-09-29 12:49:24+00:00

Google is already trying to :)

gigglesupstairs | karma 637 | avg karma 2.11 · | 2021-10-29 11:39:10

I am surprised they haven’t done that yet. With all their feistiness against Google in last few years, this seems like a very logical next step.

partiallypro | karma 9855 | avg karma 3.91 · | 2018-09-24 17:56:30+00:00

How long before Google forces you to have a Google Account to even search? I think we all know it's probably going that direction eventually.

nik61 | karma 36 | avg karma 0.44 · | 2011-01-16 16:42:40+00:00

Google had better do something soon about this, but they're damned if they do (cite the AOL experience noted in the piece) and doubly damned if they don't. Wouldn't like to be in their position...

paulmd | karma 13045 | avg karma 2.72 · | 2024-04-16 16:52:12

how much longer do you think google is going to allow that?

recursive | karma 9788 | avg karma 2.06 · | 2023-10-05 13:48:43

And after that, I wonder how long it will take google to get around that.

BaseballPhysics | karma 3883 | avg karma 4.41 · | 2023-01-26 21:12:12

Honestly, I really doubt Google would care. It's not like people will stop working for them or using their products.

docker_up | karma 3237 | avg karma 6.66 · | 2019-02-10 00:12:43+00:00

Why hasn't this happened yet? It seems like Google has been behaving this way for a very long time.

blairbeckwith | karma 1267 | avg karma 4.85 · | 2021-08-12 17:40:31

That strategy will last ~15 minutes until Google is doing the same thing.

Then what? I would argue that what Google is doing already is way more privacy-compromising than this.

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duiker101 | karma 5041 | avg karma 3.53 · | 2013-03-25 09:16:56

They already do, or at least hope that google does for them...

vertexFarm | karma 431 | avg karma 1.32 · | 2018-05-09 02:56:31+00:00

...You think google is going to do that?

ec109685 | karma 5793 | avg karma 1.8 · | 2020-01-23 15:24:05+00:00

Google is likely just going to block this behavior.