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		raxxorraxor on May 28, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Anonymous Source Shared Leaked Google Search API D... That would be money. If someone has another excuse, they are naive or lying to themselves. It certainly is not "to improve the net or advertising" - that would be the lying part. Google has done some good for the net, but the scales of their contributions slowly but steadily move to the negative side.

azemetre on May 29, 2024 [–]

Reminds me of the studies they’ve done on cognitive dissonance/lying.

Basically if you believe lies you tell yourself, they tend to turn into truths in your mind over time. Even if you were doing it “ironically.”

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