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What's even more concerning is that Amazon is promoting their own brands for searches. For example, when searching for "Smart TV", placements of their own Fire TV is on top: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=smart+TV&ref=nb_sb_noss_2

This is deliberate and not the result of the search algorithm. They even label the results: "Featured by own brands"

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How is that different from Walmart or Costco featuring their own brand at prominent location in shop?

Not much. Both behaviors are anti-competitive and should probably be restricted.

If I type "Chrome" into Google search, I also get an ad for Google Chrome at the top (I was looking for Chrome, the English singer).

That is understandable due to the over-loaded word though. Without other context how does it know which of the two you are looking for? I know which of the two I'd be looking for information about, given I wasn't aware of the other until now.

I was about to comment against you but you are right. Searching "Browser" on Google shows Firefox first, Brave second, and then a bunch of web articles about browsers in general.

Just tried typing "browser" in the same Google search (using Firefox), it yields interesting results: I have Brave, Firefox, Firefox on Google Play, the Wikipedia article for browser, and not even one Chrome link.

Is it absolutely necessary to bring Google into every single conversation and then start bashing it?

Google is the new Trump :P (relax, its a joke)

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