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mooredstoday at 7:52 PM1 replyview on HN

> Its PPC ad platform is completely predatory, loaded with dark patterns and hidden defaults that add billions to top-line revenue while strip-mining the accounts of sellers who often have no choice but to participate in the auctions.

At least they mark ads as 'sponsored', even though it isn't super prominent.

I always scroll until I see organic results, myself.


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malfisttoday at 8:29 PM

They mark some of them. Not all of them. Last article I read said 80% of placements on the search results page are paid ads. And they only mark like 4-5 of them as "sponsored"