David Pearce

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14,416 appearances 53 recordings 4 series first heard Jan 2026 last heard 18 Sep

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The Vergecast · What's behind the Google AI shakeup · 7 Aug 2026 podcast

Oh interesting. voice-verified

I I would say no, only because voice-verified

It having Reddit be independent gives Google better reason to prize Reddit. voice-verified

Like Interesting. voice-verified

I I think I think like Google goes really far out of its way to not remind you that it owns YouTube. voice-verified

You know what I mean? voice-verified

It's it's really important to Google that you forget that Google owns YouTube. voice-verified

Uh and i in such a way that I think Google buys Reddit just changes that relationship in a way that is hard for Google. voice-verified

It's also voice-verified

So in a uh an ongoing antitrust violation kind of way, it would be very hard for Google to be as as kind to Reddit as it currently is if it owned Reddit. voice-verified

Every case for Google only caring about sending you to other Google sites sort of dies on the but Google loves Reddit so much, Vine. voice-verified

And if Google owns Reddit, that that falls apart. voice-verified

Would it make would it make Google's results better to own Reddit? voice-verified

I don't actually I don't think so. voice-verified

All you're doing is making it more obvious how to game the system. voice-verified

Okay, that's a good theory. voice-verified

I think A voice-verified

Google pays Reddit what sixty five million dollars a year? voice-verified

That's probably sixty. voice-verified

Sixty. voice-verified

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