Pluralistic: Google skates (05 Sep 2026)

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Google skates: Another federal judge loses a game of peek-a-boo.
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Ad-tech is fascist tech: Surveillance advertising is just surveillance.
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The 40-year economic mistake that let Google conquer (and enshittify) the world: If reality doesn't fit the theory, ignore reality.
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They're just trying to earn a buck: No, they're taking what they can get.
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Mark Zuckerberg announces mind-control ray (again): The business model for AI is the same as the business model for Big Data – bilking credulous advertisers.
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Ad-tech targeting is an existential threat: Targeting people with chronic illnesses, parents of sick kids, military personnel with gambling problems, seniors with dementia, and national security decisionmakers.
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The cod-Marxism of personalized pricing: From each to their ability, to each according to their need?
Picks and Shovels Chapter One (Part 3): DEFINITELY not a pyramid scheme.
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