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When did Google get so f-ing weird?
sancho.bearblog.dev/google-weird/
Replying to @muelltonne@feddit.org
The day DoubleClick destroyed it from the inside out. Once a company has a marketing agency, the whole company is a marketing agency. With all the pointless, short-term, mercenary thinking that entails.
Replying to @Endymion_Mallorn@kbin.melroy.org
I agree. I was hoping that Google would make DoubleClick less evil, but instead, they became DoubleClick.
Replying to @murph@lemmy.sdf.org
what was DoubleClick like before the acquisition? were they already dealing in data mining?
Replying to @WhyJiffie@sh.itjust.works
yes, they were an advertising monster.