Wow - google has gotten aggressive

[Numo]

This is a trend that I’ve been following the last several years. I don’t know if it’s caused by search engine optimization on steroids or plain old cash, but it feels sinister to me. Supposedly you are on the www, but now you can only see what someone else wants you to see.

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billb wrote:
If you're in Safari just change the default search engine to duck duck go in settings

Yep, DDG and wikipedia FTW.

[max]

sekker wrote:
[quote=Speedy]
[quote=sekker]but if this is how google is going to play, I’ll start using a new search engine.

Sure you will, keep telling yourself that. All your base belong to us.
I lived fine with bing in China. .
Unfortunately Bing functions with quite a few limitations in China....

[GuyGene]

I've been using startpage.com for years now and like it.

[sekker]

max wrote:
[quote=sekker]
[quote=Speedy]
[quote=sekker]but if this is how google is going to play, I’ll start using a new search engine.

Sure you will, keep telling yourself that. All your base belong to us.
I lived fine with bing in China. .
Unfortunately Bing functions with quite a few limitations in China....
Yes, indeed. But I could get the data I needed. What do you use besides a VPN?

[max]

For maximum security, Facetime....

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GuyGene wrote:
I've been using startpage.com for years now and like it.

It seems okay, but that little "Enhanced by Google" badge bothers me…

(BTW, it used to be ixquick.com.)

[Speedy]

Ammo wrote:
This is a trend that I’ve been following the last several years. I don’t know if it’s caused by search engine optimization on steroids or plain old cash, but it feels sinister to me. Supposedly you are on the www, but now you can only see what someone else wants you to see.

Ah, yes, the end of Net Neutrality.

[sekker]

Just so long as MRF lives...!