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by sneakernets 2684 days ago
There is no Google "punishment algorithm". It's just computers being dumb.
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Somebody made those computers dumb in that exact way. That's the complaint.
I think that Google is more than happy to punish people for protecting their privacy. That may or may not be the main goal, but it doesn't appear to be something Google considers a downside.
Sometimes people intentionally make computers dumb.