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		bjo590 on Jan 25, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The computer revolution hasn’t happened yet (1997) It would be revolutionary if "recommendations" wasn't a modern synonym for "advertisements"

teekert on Jan 25, 2021 [–]

This exactly. The recommendations are, at best, a win win for you and some 3rd party that paid to be part of the win (but sometimes tries very hard to not make it seem so). It can be different, but only for the tech-savy (open source) and rich people (pay the tech-savy).

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