By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 05/08/2026They just choose not to. They're too big to fail. They're too big to jail. They're too big to care. 15/ 17911
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 05/08/2026Google's AI search isn't a way to fix its broken core product: it's a way to partially remediate the damage Google itself inflicted on the open internet, while imprisoning the web in a walled garden that would make Steve Jobs drool: pluralistic.net/2026/06/29/a... 16/pluralistic.netPluralistic: Gemini is better than search because Google enshittified search (29 Jun 2026) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow 1511
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 05/08/2026It's a deadly combination: Google has committed hundreds of billions to stock buybacks and its AI money-furnace, financed by mass layoffs targeting the people who keep the core services useful. 17/ 1468
