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Google is also a big part of the reason of the poor health of the web.

• jpatokal 10y ago
  You're going to have to explain that one a bit. Or perhaps you think Tim Berners-Lee is responsible for popunder ads, and Jon Postel for unsolicited Viagra spam?
  • dao- 10y ago
    Their browser market dominance (which they got in part through shady marketing strategies) is a big part of it. How do you think we got here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13763759 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13763759
    • sjellis 10y ago
      > Their browser market dominance (which they got in part through shady marketing strategies) is a big part of it. I have to point out that Microsoft are still the biggest supplier of desktop Web browsers.
  • rimantas 10y ago
    Of course, we all know that Tim makes money by selling ads. And Google, on the other hand, has nothing to do with it /s