Who Broke the Internet? | E1: Don’t Be Evil

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Summary <p>Google Search was the gold standard — a product born in a dorm room during the internet’s early, idealistic era. But when internal emails surfaced they revealed a deeper conflict inside the company: was Google making Search worse, on purpose, to boost ad revenue? Google says its changes are all about benefiting users. Critics say it’s all part of a bigger pattern — one that host Cory Doctorow calls enshittification: the slow, deliberate decay of platforms in the name of profit.</p><p><br></p><p>Guests in this episode include Ed Zitron, Emmanuel Goldstein, Clive Thompson, and Steven Levy.&nbsp;</p>

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