Google / AntiTrust

The amount of accused wrongdoing is vast, and collectively, if proven, would suggest some sort of evil after all.

Looking through the lawsuit, the scope and shamelessness of Google’s greed would appear to be stark. Project Bernanke, for example, is claimed to take data from publishers’ ad servers to boost Google’s own services. Project NERA, to create a “not owned but operated” walled garden for users if they used any Google service. “Project Jedi” was allegedly meant to freeze out independent ad exchanges by using insider knowledge, and in “Jedi Blue”, Google is alleged to have conspired with Facebook to parcel out the goodies between themselves.

If the allegations are true, the breadth and depth and sheer focused intent of Google’s abuse of its position would be unique.
https://www.theregister.com/2021/11/01/google_opinion_column/

Google on AutoPilot

According to someone called “KiwiRob”, Google is now automating the processes where they suspend Google Ads accounts. Which means when the machine learning gets is wrong, there is no way to argue.

A scary glimpse at a future where big tech trusts (cheaper) machines instead of humans, for no reason other than to make more hundreds of millions that sit in the bank.

The trend is clear. Google aims to automate ad campaigns, automate policy enforcement and remove all paid humans from support. The only staff they will need are those who conjure up ways of increasing revenue from exisiting advertisers. If you were wondering if Google removed their “don’t do evil” motto for a reason, consider this, which is just one of their tricks:

Google deliberately, by default, serves ads for your small local business to people overseas, without you electing to do so, or knowing. And the removal of the report, which perhaps increases revenue by 0.1%, is an example something that the remaining humans will think up.

https://kiwirob.medium.com/the-trillion-dollar-business-on-auto-pilot-385e6406cdef