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Hope Corrigan

'The fact is that today, the open web is already in rapid decline,' says Google in court, then quickly rows back on that statement

Seattle, USA - Jul 24, 2022: The South Lake Union Google Headquarter entrance at sunset.

As long as I've known it the internet has always been a rapidly changing phenomenon. From humble beginnings it has grown into a world-connecting platform by evolving to meet the needs of the public, often before they even know they have them. As websites like Google grew into infamy, they became integral in forging the future of the internet for better or worse.

In more recent years, the shape of this development has shifted towards the benefits of corporations, with ad spends and SEO demands coming before the needs of the people. In this time search results have notably gotten much, much worse and continue to do so. This has lead to people dropping Google for search, despite it once being so popular we adopted it as a verb.

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