18+ pluralistic, 1 month ago If you're Google, you can either spend tens of billions on R&D to keep up with spam and SEO scumbags, or you can spend less money buying the default search spot on every platform, so no one ever tries another search engine and switches: https://pluralistic.net/2024/04/04/teach-me-how-to-shruggie/#kagi Compared to its monopoly earnings, the tech sector's R&D spending is infinitesimal: https://pluralistic.net/2020/08/11/nor-glom-of-nit/#capitalists-hate-competition 31/
If you're Google, you can either spend tens of billions on R&D to keep up with spam and SEO scumbags, or you can spend less money buying the default search spot on every platform, so no one ever tries another search engine and switches:
https://pluralistic.net/2024/04/04/teach-me-how-to-shruggie/#kagi
Compared to its monopoly earnings, the tech sector's R&D spending is infinitesimal:
https://pluralistic.net/2020/08/11/nor-glom-of-nit/#capitalists-hate-competition
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