[thefurdrake]

Wow. Is Ars really stretching this hard? Can we not just let the evidence speak for itself?

Despite their desperate attempt to scarequote and chop up excerpts from a direct quote, they fail to demonstrate "Google exec said users get hooked on search engine like “cigarettes or drugs.”"

He didn't say that from what I'm seeing; the quotes they use don't say that, and anyone who can read can clearly see the evidence they provide doesn't support the claim. The unquoted part ("with /economics/ that[...]") even indicate it's not a behavioral observation.

That subheadline really detracts from the point of the article.