{"id":301938,"date":"2025-12-05T15:00:04","date_gmt":"2025-12-05T15:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/google-deliberately-makes-things-worse-for-its-users-to-make-things-better-for-its-shareholders\/"},"modified":"2025-12-05T15:00:04","modified_gmt":"2025-12-05T15:00:04","slug":"google-deliberately-makes-things-worse-for-its-users-to-make-things-better-for-its-shareholders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/google-deliberately-makes-things-worse-for-its-users-to-make-things-better-for-its-shareholders\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Google deliberately makes things worse for its users to make things better for its shareholders&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i3.ytimg.com\/vi\/Z-_rlLsBQaA\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"'Google deliberately makes things worse for its users to make things better for its shareholders'\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Z-_rlLsBQaA\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Author and campaigner Cory Doctorow tells Krishnan Guru-Murthy why he believes big tech like Google is incentivised to make their products worse.<\/p>\n<p>[Subscribe to our Substack newsletter: https:\/\/channel4news.substack.com\/subscribe]<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;-<\/p>\n<p>Get more news at our site &#8211; https:\/\/www.channel4.com\/news\/ <\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to our Substack newsletter: https:\/\/channel4news.substack.com\/subscribe<\/p>\n<p>Follow us:<br \/>\nTikTok &#8211; https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@c4news<br \/>\nInstagram &#8211; https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/channel4news\/<br \/>\nTwitter &#8211; https:\/\/twitter.com\/Channel4News<br \/>\nFacebook &#8211; https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Channel4News\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Author and campaigner Cory Doctorow tells Krishnan Guru-Murthy why he believes big tech like Google is incentivised to make their products worse. 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