What's next, Android not turning on unless you click an ad? Google has jumped the shark.
>> Probably the reason they're pulling a dick move and forcing everyone to Enhanced Campaigns which That's not a "dick move," it's calculated. They're betting you will not leave since they have all that traffic and can…
There was a discussion on "How Google is Killing Organic Search" https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5971560 by essentially having all ads on the first page. I wonder for how long can Google keep doing that, before…
Microsoft then bought out Skype even though it was clear it was non-profitable. Lots of non-profitable companies are bought all the time. Skype had hundreds of millions of users and now Microsoft is urging users to make…
The government repeatedly made accusations of terrorism against Anwar — who was also an American citizen — but never charged him with a crime. No court ever reviewed the government’s claims nor was any evidence of…
This sounds like an ad for Google, including the Microsoft and Verizon bashing. The truth is that Google 'needs' to see the messages, all you other info and documents in clear text to serve ads and mine them. That's…
*'We're TOAST if we fight Google on price' Assuming the offering is just the same, but for many it may be good enough
The most obvious ones are the "eBay shoes" type of searches, but probably they cost less than "shoes". Still it's a cost. Expect Google, Yahoo and even Bing to fight this tooth and nail, data or no data.
I use Firefox and love it. I suppose it depends on what plugins people use. Or they may have had a bad experience once and let it at that
don't think it's hyperbole. Snowden planned this for a while and looks like he had access to and knew where to find everything. USA probably spends $100+ Billion in intel and knowing what foreign leaders, generals and…
DuckDuckGo: illusion of privacy? His point is that if NSA wants they can do this and that. I suppose they can also take you to a Romanian black ops site and beat you bloody till you cough up your passwords. The idea is…
Less data-points for Google /NSA the better it is. Firefox managed quite fine even without $300 million a year and the idea is not use Google for everything, not to ensure that FF has billions in their bank account
I, too, do not like the omnibar and can speculate Google did it to drive traffic to its search engine, not to help you. They judge that this (highly profitable) annoyance is not enough to drive from Google. I wonder if…
It's cheaper and better to buy off all but one competitor and then both jack up prices and provide no customer service. AT&T i hell bent on getting back together
Big Telcos are at the mercy of big governments for anti-trust issues, contracts so this is not a surprise. DOJ and FBI can cause them many headaches. This should bite them though when trying to buy foreign firms, cable…
What's next, Android not turning on unless you click an ad? Google has jumped the shark.
>> Probably the reason they're pulling a dick move and forcing everyone to Enhanced Campaigns which That's not a "dick move," it's calculated. They're betting you will not leave since they have all that traffic and can…
There was a discussion on "How Google is Killing Organic Search" https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5971560 by essentially having all ads on the first page. I wonder for how long can Google keep doing that, before…
Microsoft then bought out Skype even though it was clear it was non-profitable. Lots of non-profitable companies are bought all the time. Skype had hundreds of millions of users and now Microsoft is urging users to make…
The government repeatedly made accusations of terrorism against Anwar — who was also an American citizen — but never charged him with a crime. No court ever reviewed the government’s claims nor was any evidence of…
This sounds like an ad for Google, including the Microsoft and Verizon bashing. The truth is that Google 'needs' to see the messages, all you other info and documents in clear text to serve ads and mine them. That's…
*'We're TOAST if we fight Google on price' Assuming the offering is just the same, but for many it may be good enough
The most obvious ones are the "eBay shoes" type of searches, but probably they cost less than "shoes". Still it's a cost. Expect Google, Yahoo and even Bing to fight this tooth and nail, data or no data.
I use Firefox and love it. I suppose it depends on what plugins people use. Or they may have had a bad experience once and let it at that
don't think it's hyperbole. Snowden planned this for a while and looks like he had access to and knew where to find everything. USA probably spends $100+ Billion in intel and knowing what foreign leaders, generals and…
DuckDuckGo: illusion of privacy? His point is that if NSA wants they can do this and that. I suppose they can also take you to a Romanian black ops site and beat you bloody till you cough up your passwords. The idea is…
Less data-points for Google /NSA the better it is. Firefox managed quite fine even without $300 million a year and the idea is not use Google for everything, not to ensure that FF has billions in their bank account
I, too, do not like the omnibar and can speculate Google did it to drive traffic to its search engine, not to help you. They judge that this (highly profitable) annoyance is not enough to drive from Google. I wonder if…
It's cheaper and better to buy off all but one competitor and then both jack up prices and provide no customer service. AT&T i hell bent on getting back together
Big Telcos are at the mercy of big governments for anti-trust issues, contracts so this is not a surprise. DOJ and FBI can cause them many headaches. This should bite them though when trying to buy foreign firms, cable…