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spokengent on Sept 21, 2011 | parent | context | favorite | on: Richard Stallman: “Android Phones Do Not Respect Y...

They don't need to.

You search for X, they show adverts related to X.

The extra targeting stuff probably increases their revenue a few %.

icebraining on Sept 21, 2011 [–]

That produces inferior results. But whether they need or not is irrelevant. They do.

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