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TDN uses Google as the base for its search, from what I can tell.

Yeap, the search bar on the top right is basically just a link to google. There's also the forum search on the mid left, though, which is different (and probably self-made by Dan)... Kind of weird to have two different searchers, but they do have their functions. (The forum search is much better for finding posts than google, expectedly enough)

Most of this I already knew, and how would it be so scary, most people know how big google is. I would like to die and be reincarnated as the owner though, imagine the pick up lines. "Hey baby, how would you like to be with the man who could give you a free working computer?", no, no, I'd be to shy to say that, and I would't say "hey baby" either....

You wouldn't be too shy when you have billions of dollars that are pretty much 100% undeserved. You could go up to your employees and say "Hey. Like your boobs. I think they'd be great for the next Google logo."

Then you pay your way out of the coming lawsuit... and then fire the girl for challenging an Almighty Corporate Lord.

Well I try to show woman respect, or at least more than people in my school and usually when I do say something that I think is alright and doesn't involve me calling them something bad or swearing it usually invokes something bad.

Also that was pretty funny about the logo pick up line.

But if you were the head of Google, you would have no respect for anyone. You'd have only false respect for the ones you view as dollar signs.

If you were raised that way and kept from this unholy place, but how can you view people like dollar signs, that would be an awesome power for a while, especially if your wife asks if she looks fat.

I don't mean literally.

Darn.

Google is a very respectable company imo.

They break YouTube on a regular basis making it harder and harder to find the inbox and causing bugs to the video player; ruined their own search bar so it comes up with results that contain the words you searched for or words that are similar making it so that the results you get are total crap and very often irrelevant to what you searched for; they're slaves to advertisers and corporations and do what they can to force ads; they collect user data to sell; they attempted to force everyone to join Google+ and even told everyone to input their real names; Content ID matches are utter crap and only serve to remove or block videos wrongfully and randomly; they have no concept of the word 'Parody'; they're too big and can easily take on any field they want and probably even monopolize it which is a very bad thing. Google+ also made accounts so convoluted that there's no point in trying to describe what happened, and also crushed the comments section which they then lied about using a YouTube partner who makes terrible videos as a puppet to show how great it is and proceeded to silence whoever said it was bad.

And their customer service is non-existent. You cannot contact them.

So how is it respectable?

Ready for a whole slew of answers to all those statements? Google is certainly doing more good than harm, ok?

"They break YouTube on a regular basis making it harder and harder to find the inbox and causing bugs to the video player"
They change the layout. Scary. I can't comment on those bugs you claim Google are responsible for as I've never encountered them.

"ruined their own search bar so it comes up with results that contain the words you searched for or words that are similar making it so that the results you get are total crap and very often irrelevant to what you searched for"
I can't comprehend this sentence. "it comes up with results that contain the words you searched for" like a search engine should. Other search engines though...

"they're slaves to advertisers and corporations and do what they can to force ads"
They're offering companies Google Ads to display tiny ads when you Google or display them on your site. Horrifying.

"they collect user data to sell"
Yes, MANY sites you visit collects user data. But for what I know, it's against Googles policy to sell user data.

"they attempted to force everyone to join Google+ and even told everyone to input their real names"
I guess you're thinking about the Youtube comment thing, I agree it's kinda lame but just don't use the Google+ side on your Google account. As always, there is nothing wrong with using your real name online. It's the information you share that matters.

Content ID matches are utter crap and only serve to remove or block videos wrongfully and randomly
Copyright is what it is unfortunately. Source on this random and wrongfully matching claim?

"they have no concept of the word 'Parody'"
Perhaps you can't use footage or audio from that certain author, deal with it.

"they're too big and can easily take on any field they want and probably even monopolize it which is a very bad thing."
That's uh, bad I guess... Even though they have very healthy competitors in all fields already.

Google+ also made accounts so convoluted that there's no point in trying to describe what happened, and also crushed the comments section which they then lied about using a YouTube partner who makes terrible videos as a puppet to show how great it is and proceeded to silence whoever said it was bad.
I don't get that convulted part but a source on the silence thing would be appropriate.

And their customer service is non-existent. You cannot contact them.
And it all ends with a blatant lie, how wonderful!

how condescending, seriously, "ok?"

i've encountered countless playback bugs recently. and before you get all "it must be you" i have done nothing, no extensions, nothing that would impact my browser/flash/html/whatever settings

and your reading comprehension skills would have to be awful to not comprehend his second part, he's telling you that if you search for, say "Rocks falling on my head." you'll get pages of things talking about exclusively: Rocks, Fall (sometimes autumn), Head (anything related to that word, i apologize if your still unable to handle this)

i could make a penis joke about giant "ads" being considered "tiny" but i'll leave it at that

i have no knowledge of the user data selling thing so i won't pretend i do (like you do about everything in that post)

same with the google+ stuff, i just joined, whatever whoop

and you'd have to be blind to not understand content id matching shenanigans, there's even a thread in this forum about it

once again, no knowledge on the size of google

also you say that the customer service is good? have you used it?

there. is that easier to comprehend, quiztis? check in between bible study

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Oh, that is bullcrap. Pure bullcrap.

PART ONE
Cheesus Christ, our Grate Lord, I can't believe how blind you are to Google's misdeeds. Time to reply to your replies, I guess. In more detail.

They change the layout. Scary. I can't comment on those bugs you claim Google are responsible for as I've never encountered them.
It's not just the layout. That's fine in moderation. It's when they hide the inbox to the point where people have to actually search for how to find it. Used to be, you'd click your name and you could access any of your stuff now. However, with their new "Creator Studio" or whatever shit, you have to click your name, go to said section, and then you can find your videos. But now, you have to also go to another section to find your inbox. No, the bell is only for comments. If you want to check your PMs or other notifications, you're never told if you have any to begin with. It's below primitive. It's deliberately pissing on progression.

I can't comprehend this sentence. "it comes up with results that contain the words you searched for" like a search engine should. Other search engines though...
I'll word it better. Say you want to search for a certain quote. Let's try "Buttduckurus, la dee da dee doo". Now, you're not going to get the source of this exact quote like you should (don't search this quote. I made it up as an example). Instead you'll probably get results like "http://www.nottherightsite.com - Welcome to the butt of the internet. We strive to bring you the most wonderful ladies underwear in the world." Or as another example, you end up getting results containing synonyms of words you used. It's absolutely counter-search now. It just brings up anything for the most part.

They're offering companies Google Ads to display tiny ads when you Google or display them on your site. Horrifying.
Tiny ads everywhere and in many cases, fake download buttons designed by Google. That's unacceptable. Ads can also cause lag, make pages look horrendous, or prevent certain people like me to scroll down using middle mouse and then moving the mouse to navigate the page due to background ads. Then those just open up in a new tab. This is a reason Adblock was invented. To clean up. It's a mess.

PART TWO
Yes, every site you visit collects user data. But for what I know, it's against Googles policy to sell user data.
Absolutely incorrect. Certain sites, believe it or not, respect your privacy and do not collect your data. Many sites, however, do not respect your privacy. They pick up your info, install little tracking cookies to see what you're up to, and can use it against you. The main thing I see (with adblock off of course), is that advertisements become related to things you search for. That's in no way smart advertising at all. It's creepy. How many people see an ad and go "Haha! Yeah, I need that. I'll go buy one right now!" or "Haha! That was a funny video ad. Sure, it annoyed the duck out of me and/or a friend because it took a while to find where it was, but wow! Swiffer mopping tools are hilarious! I'm going to replay that! Haha!"? NOBODY

I guess you're thinking about the Youtube comment thing, I agree it's kinda lame but just don't use the Google+ side on your Google account. As always, there is nothing wrong with using your real name online. It's the information you share that matters.
Comments, and Google+ itself. I find myself accidentally navigating there, which I'm sure makes everyone at Google HQ really excited and they cheer and high five eachother because someone went there, but I hate Google+. I will never give it a chance considering how Google literally tried forcing its users to make an account there. In fact, you can accidentally make one because Youtube pretends that you are not logged in when you clearly are. I honestly don't get the account shit they're doing. On one hand, you've got Gmail. On another, a freakchild of YouTube and Google+ that cannot get its priorities straight. Now I have a Google+ for my own email. What? And that's linked to my YouTube channel? BUT ALL MY YOUTUBE CRAP CAN BE LINKED TO THAT!? EXCUSE ME!?! Hell, at one point, it was so bad, someone I know had all their videos deleted when he was battling the chaotic threads of Google+ and wondering what the hell was going on. I can't explain it. You figure it out. It's a ducking mess.

Copyright is what it is unfortunately. Source on this random and wrongfully matching claim?
That's not what copyright is. It's what corporations criminally and unconstitutionally twist to step on everyone. Parody is protected under free speech, and no matter how hard the corporations cry about it, it's there to stay. They don't have infinite and total control forever. In fact, their Content ID is so ducking bad, a video of a visual effect that I designed was flagged. Know what it was? A shitty swirly brown thing in space with some space sounds. Guess what it matched? Some German band or whatever. It's broken, harmful, unconstitutional, and bullcrap. And the way you say "deal with it" is disgusting. You want us to allow the internet to become the home of the corporations and no longer the home of creativity and connectivity to other people? It will affect the whole world, you'll hate it, and all of you are going to blame our shitty government for it and then blame the rest of us for it. Everyone hates us because of crap like this and dropping nukes on other countries because we're pretty much any fictional evil empire you'll see. You should want to help us, not say "deal with it". It may be our corporations and government, but they're screwing the world over.

Oops, I got your response to content ID and parody mixed in with eachother. Here's the my source to my claim. Look up false claims, by the way. I'm sure you'll find a lot like this.

PART TRIPLE
That's uh, bad I guess... Even though they have very healthy competitors in all fields already.
No they don't. Corporations like Google, Amazon, and Comcast have zero competition. They are a monopoly. Funny thing too, monopolies are illegal, but we have a thing called lobbying where they can throw money around and it doesn't matter. Take Wal-Mart as an example. When one of those springs up, stores around it crumble. That's what Google could easily do. They already have a thing called Google Fiber. Sure, it's small and given to only some cities, but if that thing gets to a point where it's all over the world, no other ISP will stand a chance. They could do this as easily as they want. This is why companies like this should be legally restricted to certain thing and shouldn't be able to run all over every field or product or whatever they want. Branching off into making anything you want is obviously dangerous to other people who want to make a business. Want to make a candy shop? Pfft. Google Candy Store.

I don't get that convulted part but a source on the silence thing would be appropriate.
Mixed that in with stuff up there too. I'm no good at keeping things where they should go I guess.

And it all ends with a blatant lie, how wonderful!
Really? Have you been able to actually contact them and get something straightened out? I haven't. Once, I looked up a issue on their forum. Just a bunch of FAQs with no thought put into them. Extremely unhelpful. I went to a forum. Nobody there gives a shit. Any numbers to call? Nah. Want to dispute a claim? Nope. It comes straight back to you. Their customer service is just a bunch of computers. Sure, I disputed one claim, but that was before Content ID got more rampant and Google became more shitty. Now, if I dispute a claim, I just flat out call them a country music sensation. Why bother?

Oh, and sometimes, auto-play playlists stop auto-playing, and the last time I tried copying a video URL at a certain time, it didn't work.

Excuse the quadruple post. It was necessary.