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Oct 21 2020 07:57am
Quote (Santara @ 21 Oct 2020 14:23)
...does evil, and the government(s) is(are) now doing something about it:

https://techcrunch.com/2020/10/20/justice-department-will-reportedly-file-its-antitrust-lawsuit-against-google-today/



Now, I don't know what the government expects to accomplish here, but I'd be happy if they were able to neutralize the search results algorithms.


pretty sure that's fake news. customers wouldn't want that, and by the gospel of the free market, go to another company that offered a better service.

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Oct 21 2020 07:58am
Quote (Santara @ Oct 21 2020 08:36am)
...and I do. When I want my search results unfiltered. But you? You're happy that your search results are filtered for you? Confirmation bias much?


Most people don't want unfilitered search results which is why google designs their product to meet the demands of the market and they've been very successful. If a better search engine product arrives people will use that.
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Oct 21 2020 07:59am
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Most people don't want unfilitered search results which is why google designs their product to meet the demands of the market and they've been very successful. If a better search engine product arrives people will use that.


I would expect to get politically filtered search results based on my activity, but I never have a problem finding conservative sources when I look for whatever the most recent conspiracy theory is.
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Oct 21 2020 08:06am
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pretty sure that's fake news. customers wouldn't want that, and by the gospel of the free market, go to another company that offered a better service.

"acktshually, capitalism is the best solution for those kinds of problems. nn government." - every libertarian edgelord


I surprised you even had the courage to quote me.

The obvious implication of your 'edgelord' comment is that if you're going to attempt to use it as a criticism of me, I get to assume you consider it a valid argument on its face.

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Most people don't want unfilitered search results which is why google designs their product to meet the demands of the market and they've been very successful. If a better search engine product arrives people will use that.


Most people are comfortable being lied to. nmfp, tbh
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Oct 21 2020 08:17am
Quote (Santara @ 21 Oct 2020 16:06)
I surprised you even had the courage to quote me.

The obvious implication of your 'edgelord' comment is that if you're going to attempt to use it as a criticism of me, I get to assume you consider it a valid argument on its face.


you seem to struggle with basic logic again. you're calling what google does "evil" and state you'd be "happy" if the government fixed it. that clearly proves you can't be one of those liberatarian edgelords, since they hate government intervention and any limitation of the free market.
don't sell yourself short, you have just proven that you're more than a lazy mises quote or a silly ron paul signature - you're obviously smart enough to realise that principled libertarianism is silly, and that regulations and government intervention are not by default evil and bad. good on you, buddy - i support that.
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Oct 21 2020 08:21am
Quote (Santara @ Oct 21 2020 10:06am)
I surprised you even had the courage to quote me.

The obvious implication of your 'edgelord' comment is that if you're going to attempt to use it as a criticism of me, I get to assume you consider it a valid argument on its face.



Most people are comfortable being lied to. nmfp, tbh


What lies? It's search results. If you google proof of earth being flat you'll probably find results that match what you're looking for but that isn't on google

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Oct 21 2020 08:32am
Quote (Thor123422 @ Oct 21 2020 09:59am)
I would expect to get politically filtered search results based on my activity, but I never have a problem finding conservative sources when I look for whatever the most recent conspiracy theory is.


What i find odd is that our resident libertarians insisted intel paying stores to not do business with amd a decade ago was perfectly fine competition and big government getting involved was terrible but a decade later a private company designing their own product how they see fit to meet market demand is unfair and requires government intervention.

Might as well think the government should go after automakers for not providing manual cars in 2020 in the west because there's still 5 people who drive a stick shift 🤔
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Oct 21 2020 08:33am
Quote (duffman316 @ Oct 21 2020 09:21am)
What lies? It's search results. If you google proof of earth being flat you'll probably find results that match what you're looking for but that isn't on google


Search results with a slant. Search results that lean left.
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Oct 21 2020 08:35am
Quote (Santara @ Oct 21 2020 10:33am)
Search results with a slant. Search results that lean left.


I've been able to find plenty of anti left content on google, that aside even if you believe they do - why is it a problem?

Fox news is still the most popular news network (i think) and no complains they are extremely right wing

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I've been able to find plenty of anti left content on google, that aside even if you believe they do - why is it a problem?

Fox news is still the most popular news network (i think) and no complains they are extremely right wing


Because it alters the national conversation.
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