In 2022 We Should Quit Calling it Google and Explain What It Has Really Become: Gulag (Goolag)

Dr. Roy Schestowitz

2022-01-02 02:18:08 UTC
Modified: 2022-01-02 02:18:08 UTC

Summary: Considering how Google treats people in sites like YouTube, it has become clear that the company operates more like a forced 'labour camp' for "content" "creators" or "generators" or "users" (people who get used, and whose sole purpose is to help Alphabet profit from ads and spy on everybody, with a site that won't even work without cookies and JavaScript)

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In 2022 We Should Quit Calling it Google and Explain What It Has Really Become: Gulag (Goolag)

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