Some of those rackets are well-known, like #JediBlue, the market-rigging conspiracy that Google and Facebook colluded on:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jedi_Blue

But thanks to the antitrust trial, we're learning about more of these. #MeganGray - ex-#FTC, ex-#DuckDuckGo - was in the courtroom last week when evidence was presented on Google execs' panic over a decline in "ad generating searches" and the sleazy gimmick they came up with to address it.

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Jedi Blue - Wikipedia

@researchbuzz So #Google #search *is* literally worthless to users.

"...it hadn’t even occurred to me that Google just flat out deletes #queries and replaces them with ones that #monetize better." – #MeganGray, a former #FTC official who "battled Google" in an official capacity, and executive at #DuckDuckGo, a good quality #SearchEngine alternative