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Google’s Plan To DRM The Web Goes Against Everything Google Once Stood For (mastodon.ie)
submitted 2 years ago by [email protected] to c/technology
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Google’s Plan To DRM The Web Goes Against Everything Google Once Stood For

https://www.techdirt.com/2023/08/02/googles-plan-to-drm-the-web-goes-against-everything-google-once-stood-for/

@technology #technoloy #google #wei

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[–] [email protected] 66 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Google needs to be broken up. It needs to separate in at least 5 different companies:

  1. Admob/Adsense
  2. Ads/Adwords
  3. Search
  4. Android
  5. Chrome
[–] Plagiatus 14 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Okay then... How do 3/4/5 make money? Ist currently everything but 1/2 loosing money in support of propping up the ads?

[–] kevinbacon 17 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Charge a fee, advertising is a scourge and needs to be removed from all societies with extreme prejudice.

[–] 0xff 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Isn't that the same situation with extra steps?

[–] kevinbacon -1 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Advertising is based on mass-psychology and manipulation, it's fundamentally unethical and its rooted in nazi propaganda.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Advertising isn't rooted in Nazi propaganda lmao, it was here before and it will be here long after. Calling everything Nazi connected diminishes stuff that really is Nazi connected, like Fanta.

[–] kevinbacon -2 points 2 years ago

Bernays published Public Relations and Engineering of Consent in the 50's, thats arguably when it became mainstream.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago

Indeed, advertisement makes us think that lies and exaggeration are normal. It is one of the causes of todays "alternative reality" people. Advertisement should be shunned and pushed back. Honesty and true information should replace it.

[–] Mayoman68 1 points 2 years ago

Why is it rooted in Nazi propaganda?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago

That's not very socially inclusive

[–] Techmaster 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

AdSense and AdWords are essentially the same thing. AdWords is how they monetize AdSense.