• ShakeThatYam@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    I had a friend suggest that Google just buy Reddit. With their deep pockets they could just run it at a loss. And it can help the search and AI development. Not the worst idea. Can’t see them running it any worse than the current administration.

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      1 year ago

      Haha, just imagine the reactions of r/degoogle if that would happen.

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        1 year ago

        Most of that sub is probably already in the processs of deredditing anyways.

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      Lol, it must be bad when I’m genuinely the thinking this isn’t a bad idea. Google, yeah that company. It wouldn’t cost that much to run anyway and would probably be helpful to them as you say.

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      1 year ago

      Why would you buy a company to run it at a loss plus however many millions you paid for it?

      Google has mastered aggregating data over decades, they don’t need to own a website to get the data they want, Reddit much like any other website uses Google Analytics anyway.

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        They technically did that with YouTube, but you’re probably right. They are in a much different position as a company.

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      1 year ago

      well well well with how thinks at YT are going i wouldn’t be to hopeful.

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      The last thing we need is google spreading even further out and moving even closer to monopolising every market