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I think you should read the OP more charitably.

They're not saying that Google is "out to get" poor people - they're saying that Google's advertising practices cause disproportionate harm to the poor. I don't think that Google's executives mean to diminish the welfare of the hardest off, but that they're (possibly willfully) ignorant of the broader consequences of their business model.

This collaboration with Howard, as well as the other humanitarian/public services you've mentioned, seem to support the latter.




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