Google exec said users get hooked on search engine like “cigarettes or drugs.”

DOJ finally posted that “embarrassing” court doc Google wanted to hide::Google exec said users get hooked on search engine like “cigarettes or drugs.”

  • Bonesince1997English
    19·
    9 months ago

    Hooked. Like social media sites? Wouldn’t know anything about that!

      • thejml@lemm.eeEnglish
        5·
        9 months ago

        Apparently they can’t even get hooked on their own products!

        • just_another_person@lemmy.worldEnglish
          6·
          9 months ago

          Lolnaw…

          • Buzz
          • Wave
          • Google+ (1,2 & 3)
          • Allo
          • You could include the myriad chat apps, but those could be argued to be more about direct communication at their core

          And those are just the Google branded ones. They’ve had a dozen other smaller acquisitions of services they tried to infuse cash into and keep going that failed as well.