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I worked for Amazon on a team that touched this, and I can confirm this is basically true. For recommended products, Amazon's algorithm prefers widgets that generate more revenue (…

If there was some grand conspiracy here, wouldn't it make more sense to release a working front end, and do whatever evil machinations / rigging behind the scenes... Intentionally …

I'm pretty sure caucus votes are public anyway, it's not a secret ballot. You can't really rig votes even with an app. Hanlon's razor probably applies here; never attribute to mali…

I seem to recall that the reason marketing costs seem high relative to R&D is that large firms typically acquire much smaller firms, small firms which invested a ton of money devel…

India's hunt for illegal immigrants is transparently aimed at the country's Muslims. Any suggestion otherwise is just wrong. The government, over the last few years, has subjected …

Agreed. I recall people were talking about turning back to piracy in response to the fragmentation of streaming services. Disney plus will cost around 7 dollars a month, Netflix co…

> targeted psychological manipulation to you This seems exceedingly hyperbolic. With advertising, we can enjoy many services free of charge. Using google as an example, google maps…

This isn't some moral position, it's an economic one. ISP's make money with the data they gather. Once you remove that as a revenue stream, it'll naturally increase the prices thos…

The tax breaks used to encourage electric vehicles is almost entirely paid for through fossil fuel exports. While I appreciate any move towards better sustainability, let's not for…