Potentially. They are denying it's true, and I don't think any more evidence has come out besides this one claim.
I became a paying subscriber for kagi today. The way I justify the cost is it's saved me time digging up technical information at work and that increase in efficiency is worth money to me. Also, I hate ads and SEO crap, and $5 isn't really that much these days. I'm trying to reduce my reliance on Google so it's nice having an actual superior search experience, even if I have to spend a little money for it.
I'm still on my trial period but I think I'm going to pay when it runs out, I've been really happy with it so far. I think it's saved me a good chunk of time at work I would have wasted digging through Google SEO crap so it feels like it's worth spending a few bucks on.
Thanks for the link!
Can you share your argument with Stross? I've always enjoyed his writing.
I don't remember the numbers but their ads division has been showing massive growth over the past several years, they make billions selling ads these days.
MSG isn't "bad" at all, it's just another ingredient really. The campaign against it was entirely bullshit that was driven by racism against Asian people because it's a common ingredient in Chinese food.
Same, or use the fingerprint reader.