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@dalias@hachyderm.io @mrzaius@hachyderm.io @anildash@me.dm only way amazon pays google is if amazon intentionally bought ads google doesn't just send unsolicited invoices to companies if amazon doesn't want to pay google, they don't need a charity scheme, they can just, you know, stop buying ads? and @tob@hachyderm.io, you're probably on to something here, it's not about paying google at all, it's about training shoppers to start their search on amazon that way shoppers don't ever even see alternatives from competitors that aligns much better with the facts

@mrzaius@hachyderm.io so amazon smile supposedly started as a way to avoid paying google for search traffic which sounds exactly like the kind of cold, soulless, mercenary thing amazon would do except that google doesn't get paid for regular search results, they only get paid for ad clicks and if amazon doesn't want to pay for ad clicks, then amazon could just stop running ads and amazon is ending the program, but google still exists, so if avoiding google was the reason, then why stop the program? sorry, this story doesn't add up @anildash@me.dm

@KN3RDS@mastodon.online childcare because grandma died

@cstross we've dealt with enough malignant narcissist authoritarians in the last six years to know that they get off when their name is mentioned in any context, positive or negative we also know that ridicule is their kryptonite so maybe we should mock them and laugh at them while never speaking or writing their names can we agree that it's "elmo" from now on?

@paulg you should go back to twitter, you're not going to like it here