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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C)
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Google started off as the ideal "intermediary" - the fancy economist's term for a "middleman." They took as their duty to figure out the best websites for you to look at based on your interests, serving as an honest broker between internet users and internet publishers.
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