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pupppet · 2021-12-01 09:22:30

Really ticks me off that Google allows itself to be so easily gamed, it's your core business for christ's sake.

drdiablo | karma 17 | avg karma 1.13 · | 2013-12-27 08:52:28+00:00

I can't believe Google actually did that. They just proved that they can do whatever they want with no justification what so ever. They just proved that they aren't a service provider anymore, they're a service controller that will, if it wants to, filter the flux of information and let through only parts of the internet.

RagnarD | karma 312 | avg karma 1.58 · | 2023-12-10 22:28:34

Google screws up every business opportunity, including wantonly buying small successful businesses and killing them. Dishonesty is a fundamental part of the company.

manuelabeledo | karma 3944 | avg karma 2.54 · | 2023-09-01 11:07:49

The absolute irony of Google doing this.

kotaKat | karma 3702 | avg karma 5.13 · | 2023-07-25 04:50:02

Good old Google forcing itself upon users like always.

coliveira | karma 8490 | avg karma 2.38 · | 2021-01-29 08:52:07+00:00

Another example of Google behaving as a crooked company.

WayneDB | karma 970 | avg karma 1.47 · | 2013-06-26 19:47:36

I can't stand the way Google just gloms their brand onto things.

bamboozled | karma 7012 | avg karma 1.83 · | 2022-07-28 18:27:02

Yeah but it's Google, it's probably Naive, but I just hate the company and the business model.

danielmarkbruce | karma 3718 | avg karma 1.69 · | 2022-03-22 21:39:48

Every company does this. The fact that they are calling Google out for it is pathetic.

bitJericho | karma 1832 | avg karma 1.65 · | 2014-04-10 18:46:48+00:00

I'm getting real tired of Google's shit.

dkarapetyan | karma 1 | avg karma 0.0 · | 2015-01-16 05:41:42

Dick move by Google.

kristopolous | karma 15012 | avg karma 3.59 · | 2023-04-17 11:10:52

Google is optimized for shopping and commercial sites at all other costs.

It's really become an impossibly frustrating tool. They've sucked for years and this was bound to happen.

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paulhauggis | karma 1714 | avg karma 0.82 · | 2014-10-25 09:30:50

I feel like Google does this many times to hurt the competition.

ForHackernews | karma 13152 | avg karma 2.54 · | 2020-08-27 18:24:22+00:00

Google is a trillion dollar company that employs some of the best software developers on earth. I have zero sympathy.

Sort your shit out or prepare to have hostile regulators take a bat to your business model.

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sintaxi | karma 1019 | avg karma 1.87 · | 2017-04-20 00:13:23+00:00

Yet another power grab from Google.

jasonvorhe | karma 1430 | avg karma 1.96 · | 2019-04-25 14:43:26+00:00

This is HN. Everything Google does is evil. Don't forget that.

kayodelycaon | karma 7427 | avg karma 3.38 · | 2024-05-09 21:53:35

I think everyone knows Google screws entire companies over and does not care.

19ylram49 | karma 146 | avg karma 1.9 · | 2019-09-07 00:17:54+00:00

This is a pattern with Google and they continue to get away with it. Just plain horrible

ent101 | karma 3940 | avg karma 7.67 · | 2022-03-14 12:20:07

As always, Google is being hostile to their customers while pretending they are not. This company is not trustworthy.

mrmonkeyman | karma -13 | avg karma -0.03 · | 2020-12-16 07:07:35+00:00

Yes, I hate that but they do it nonetheless so I don't see why we have to be such good citizens suddenly. Google fucked up. Nice. It's 100% garantueed something stupid and technically interesting. Nothing to be sued over.