The vast majority of Google’s revenue comes from advertising, which will remain relevant even if search more or less dies. They put ads in almost every other one of their products, not to mention the ad space they buy and then resell on other sites.

They also have carryout one topping 14" pizzas for $8 in my area, which is an even better deal than $7 for 12".

I’m still annoyed that the Massachusetts ballot question on RCV failed to pass because of the unclear phrasing

And then there’s Mr. Robot in its own tier, using actual real-world tools and frameworks, with realistic flags and everything!

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I’m just glad pixels have finally been coming around on more updates. I was forced to replace my Pixel 3 if I wanted to use it with the BYOD program at work because it had reached the end of the update cycle, even though it was in fine condition and still met my needs. Now I’m on a Pixel 7, and hopefully I can get the full five years of use from it.

Hmm, I bet most of the functionality could be replicated using a browser extension. Pretty much the only thing I think you wouldn’t be able to access would be saved passwords and credit cards. Networking might be an issue as well if you were trying to set up an ad-hoc system like KDE connect uses.

The NLRB ruled that the nature of their work makes them employees of both Cognizant and Google, despite whatever those companies try to classify them as, and that both are required to negotiate with the union. Google is now just flat-out refusing to respect that decision.

I’d settle for just getting ads removed in exchange for a previous lifetime ultra purchase. I don’t mind losing features considering the app is being rebuilt around a different service, but I don’t like ads or subscription purchases.