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Google gets its way, bakes a user-tracking ad platform directly into Chrome (arstechnica.com)
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[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Sure but Google also uses tons of open source - android is built on the linux kernel, and even chrome is or is based on open source:

https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/src

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I'm aware, but ultimately they're still an ad company that uses technology to sell more ads. Any minor aspects of altruism (if it can be called that) can't wash that away.