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		goatinaboat on Dec 13, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Google Culture War Escalates as Era of Transparenc... many of them are working on transformative projects like maps, translate, android, chrome All of those exist purely to expand opportunities to show more ads.

ryan93 on Dec 13, 2019 [–]

Ads aren’t hurting you or anyone else

goatinaboat on Dec 13, 2019 | [–]

The entire purpose of ads is to psychologically manipulate people into taking actions against their own best interests. If you need a thing you will just go and buy it yourself after all.

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