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by rhaps0dy 4000 days ago
A nice insight at the end of the article that I'd never realized (it might be obvious to you).

>as long as you browse the web, you keep coming back to google.com to navigate efficiently. This is why Google wants you to spend time in a browser. This is why they offer Gmail for free, Chrome for free, Chromebooks at a loss, or why they fund their own competition!