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I politely disagree and do not think David spread any FUD, but rather shared his opinion where other techies would see it- here on HN. Switching services not because you think one or the other is better for your needs, but only because you don't agree with the CEO's views/actions is a bit thick IMO. I might not think highly of certain things Steve Jobs does but that doesn't mean I'm switching to Windows 7..



When you say that your service, which intercepts and manipulates requests to get ad dollars, is better than their service, which does not --- for the sole reason that their service is owned by an ad company --- you are coming pretty close to objectively spreading FUD.

It's almost prima facie.


If you think that their service, being Google itself, does not redirect and manipulate requests (regardless of layer), you are being delusional.

But we've had this discussion for years Thomas, so I doubt I'll change your opinion now.


Here is one example. Google does not redirect the NXDOMAIN request, nor does it manipulate that level.




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