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Google Earnings, Facebook Déjà Vu, The Agent Play

from Stratechery by Ben Thompson [alt+shift+b] in startups

Google's earnings miss looks a lot like Facebook's, and that's a credit to Google. The company is being more aggressive than they get credit for.
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