There’s a much more accurate stat… and it’s disgusting

I think he was just imminently concerned about their safety. Like the post suggests, many thought desperate times were coming and any rando in a maga hat might retaliate.

At this point I’m pretty sure their strategy is to take the hit in search engine quality since they have a stranglehold there anyway, and spam everyone with AI so they can come out ahead on that front with Human feedback. It’s pretty shitty, and the exact reason we would be taking down big tech monopolys.

It’s a dream I considered many times. It can be cheaper* than land life.

I was thinking more trying to avoid lawsuits based on further cementing their monopoly in adspace.

Being the world’s leading advertiser and the only browser 90% of people use gives them way too much control. There’s no path to privacy with chrome that doesn’t end with Google as the sole gatekeeper. I mean, they already are the gatekeeper, but the current rate of lawsuits seems like an acceptable cost of doing business.