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“Many people”? I think you’re way off the mark there. Who doesn’t use punctuation?

In their Google searches? I think most search queries are brief enough that you don't need a dot. "Who is the president of France" is fine for Google; It doesn't need the full stop at the end to give you the answer
 
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