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Google admits the open web is in ‘rapid decline’ (www.theverge.com)
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For months, Google has maintained that the web is “thriving,” AI isn’t tanking traffic, and its search engine is sending people to a wider variety of websites than ever. But in a court filing from last week, Google admitted that “the open web is already in rapid decline” (with regard to advertising, kinda-sorta)

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[-] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 15 points 3 weeks ago

If the internet were a forest, Google opines the forest is in such poor shape while Google uses and sells chain saws.

[-] laranis@lemmy.zip 7 points 3 weeks ago

In your analogy I think Google sells chainsaws, lumber, wood stoves, and paper pulp.

[-] l_isqof@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago

You forgot the part where they will give you a sponsored clutch pencil, and make you buy their special lead refills...

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