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		bootlooped on March 14, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Google “hijacked millions of customers and orders”... It's easy to think of ways this backfires if written too broadly. Such as the record label claiming the local record shop is hijacking their search results and stealing their sales, they want them delisted so searches always go to the record label's online store.

bogwog on March 14, 2022 [–]

> It's easy to think of ways this backfires if written too broadly.

That can (and often is, with unproductive outcomes) be said about everything.

immibis on March 14, 2022 | [–]

Yes, and that's why politics is hard.

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