Google has already been single-handedly destroying the internet for over a decade by turning into an ad-ridden mess

PlanksVariable 3 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Funny, I remember the Internet from over a decade (or two) ago and it was a mess of full-screen ads, seizure-inducing animations, infinite popups, etc. that Google helped eliminate.

	▲	cush 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Google didn’t eliminate malicious ads - adblockers and easylists did that. I hate to break it to you bud, but the full-page ads never went away - they just look like content now. You know why you need to scroll for 9 pages to see the ingredients to a recipe? Google created the pageview driven business model that incentivized the internet to be filled with hostile UX, low-quality lists of paged content, affiliate spam, etc.

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echelon 4 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

We've had 25 years to regulate them or break them up. It's our own fault for under-regulation.

	▲	ThatMedicIsASpy an hour ago \| parent \| next [-]
		It is never too late to make user tracking illegal and destroying the nastiest part of the ad industry
	▲	PlanksVariable 3 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		Perhaps we should look to Europe for inspiration on how to govern tech companies.