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So, this isn't a popular view here, but I think things like Google Search and Facebook Messenger are a large part of why the Web is a much worse place now than
by bandrami 10y ago
So, this isn't a popular view here, but I think things like Google Search and Facebook Messenger are a large part of why the Web is a much worse place now than it was fifteen years ago. If you don't see the past decade and a half as a regression, then I could see agreeing with your argument. But I definitely do see it as one.
- mshenfield 10y agoSomeone's got to pay the piper eventually. "Pay with your soul" services like Facebook and Google are not without their tradeoffs.
- piva00 10y agoDefine what is "worse" in that context for you. Without a proper definition I can't agree with you at all. Worse regarding privacy concerns? Of course it is, I would never disagree with that. Worse as an end user? Hell the fucking no. Before Google it was terribly hard to really find what you were looking for, I can't even imagine how many man-years humanity would have lost without Google Search.
- bandrami 10y agoIt's absolutely worse as an end user, privacy issues aside. Everything loads slowly. My cursor jumps around and I'm never clicking what I intend to click. Things that should be paginated instead infini-scroll, and things that shouldn't be paginated are ("These five amazing photos will translate into 15 page impressions for us because you have to click next three times for each!")