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Leaked Documents Reveal How Google Search Gatekeeps the Internet (gizmodo.com)
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[โ€“] [email protected] 70 points 5 months ago (1 children)

The time has long passed whereby we need to remove Google as the effective governing authority of the internet. As with most things online, a good idea ballooned into a net negative for nearly everyone else. This fact was obvious decades ago. There needs to be actual competition and government need to reassert itself as more than a rubber stamp for business growth.

[โ€“] [email protected] 8 points 5 months ago

Proclaimed Xenomor, as he addressed the federation.