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by 1vuio0pswjnm7 1724 days ago
Where does Googles money come from. Advertising budgets. Do advertisers get upset that Google is getting sued for misleading consumers. Perhaps the advertisers are wondering how Google might be misleading them (advertisers), too. Others might see Google's surveillance "business" as a "money grab". Its founders originally said that Google not fall victim to the influence of advertising. In the ultimate display of anti-integrity, they did the exact opposite and sold out 110%. Generally, consumers have not paid Google for anything and would have no reason to feel like lawyers are making a "money grab" to take a cut of such payments. Quite the contrary. Even a "money grab" by lawyers at Google's expense could be the closest thing to "justice" that consumers will ever get. Thats because discovery in these lawsuits often reveals bit by bit what goes on behind the scenes at Google. It is undisputed that the public wants to know how their data is being collected and what is being done with it. Discovery in any litigation, "money grab" or otherwise, is how they are learning the truth. Money grab, indeed. If "Big Tech" isn't a "stupid money grab", I don't know what is.