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"Google has become 22% better at selling its users habits and personal information to advertisers"

You're a smug asshole, aren't you. The reason they are so successful is the technology falls by the wayside; that's how advanced they are. Just because you get off rooting your phone doesn't mean they're not the leaders in technical excellence.

This really isn't newsworthy. Also, anyone even marginally working in the Real Estate industry is a scumbag.

This man added no value other than as an intermediary; he may have added value to Stanford (questionable) but he got rich off land. Nothing more.

Here comes the hurricane...

You enjoy eating at PF Changs China Bistro? Really?

Do you also enjoy The Olive Garden?

This article doesn't even bring up ABC (alcohol boards) who's sole purpose is to waste taxpayer money on sting operations at bars and push for esoteric laws that make it harder and harder to get a drink.

Make no mistake -- alcohol boards and organizations like MADD are simply neo-prohibiitonist movements co-opted by religious zealots.

Yes, my cash - the end user.

Not other companies looking to get my "attention"

I wanted to point that out too. Heh.

hi five

Did you really post this just now?

I find it hard to argue with any of the points he makes. I'm sure someone here will, but I found myself doing the mental "gulp of air and raising a finger" then getting silenced again.

I really wish Microsoft had pulled off Windows Phone; it arguably had a much better user experience than Android did (and still does) -- and interesting Nokia hardware.

I simply don't believe Google has the best interests of anyone at heart except themselves and advertisers.

The next 10 years are going to be very interesting indeed.