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Old February 11th 19, 03:31 AM posted to alt.windows7.general,alt.comp.os.windows-10
Mayayana
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Default Microsoft blackballs IE

"mechanic" wrote

| We're in a downward spiral as a result of the general acceptance
| of Google's proposed revised structure for the internet.
|
| What's that then?
|
| Do a web search. It's off-topic for this group.
|
| So why mention it then?

I don't know whether he was referring to something or just
being glib, but I think there's some truth there. If you look
at webpage source code, nearly every commercial webpage
is pulling script and fonts from Google. They're happy to foot
the bill for 1+ MB of traffic per page just for the chance to
spy on people. It's nuts when you think about it. People
could put these files on their own sites. Instead they pull them
from Google. (They don't know any better? Google requires it?
I don't know.)

Add to that the ubiquity of Google/Doubleclick ads, Google
stats and Googletagmanager. On top of that, something like
2/3 of browsers online are Chrome -- spyware for Google.
They own search, they own most ads and most browsers. They
run an interlocked system of email, docs, etc that people
find so convenient they're happy to be imprisoned in
Google' services jail. They own the phone OS that most people
use and that acts as a tracking collar. So most people, unless
they make an effort, are being spied on by Google almost
constantly.

Google, perhaps more than anyone, have been pushing
the transition of the Internet from webpages and the
"information superhighway" to a corporate-owned,
ad-and-spyware driven commercial services venue.

But it must be noted that Google, for all their power,
is not alone. Facebook with their hypnotized Facebookies.
Apple with their slavish AppleSeeds. Microsoft, to some
extent. Amazon. Hulu and Netflix. ISPs... A lot of big
companies are working to cash in on the perceived
commercial takeover of the Internet. And it's not like
it was Google's idea. They've just been very clever about
getting a lot of feet in the door.


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