inb4 they try to take control of Chromium
this post was submitted on 24 Apr 2025
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He is openly and honestly trying to out Google, Google!
Doing well so far...
google has been dying to do this for ages, they might just follow perplexity example.
Once it becomes popular ... then they'll play down their focus on wanting to track everything ... dress it up in pretty colours and some kind of swoosh ... then sell it as a feel good product ... five years later everyone is complaining that they are being tracked and that the company is using hyper personalized ads
Guess I'll cancel my free trial.
I'm just shocked Motorola is still ticking along, making cell phones.
They make some solid devices
Oh just what I wanted. Perplexing,ayoooo
To be fair, they're targeting people who WANT to be tracked, in return for personalized ads. If that's not you (or me), just ignore their entire platform.
Bold move. Let's see how it pans out.
Which is, according to their cooked market surveys, most people. 76% prefer "relevant" ads.
Have you heard of the term "enshittyfication" ?
Oh, word?