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You're lumping in your reason for using their search with the reason it's used by the majority.

• utopcell 7y ago
  ..as is evident but the responses to your comment ?
  • baccheion 7y ago
    It is naive to think the belief in this skewed, biased, self-referencing, curated group is representative. The general internet user is different, much less concerned with the underlying tech or anything else, and about other things. The general internet user thinks Facebook is the internet, don't realize they are online, and only use online services to text and take/post pictures. Android phones have a camera icon. Ever thought about the camera app associated with it? Not really if an Android user. You just use it or use it as a backup. If it were another app, you'd be using that one. Wouldn't notice. Most people don't spend time digging, unless it's something they are really into. Most also don't read reviews or research, though that's been changing over the years. They just go with whatever, unless important (to them).
    • utopcell 7y ago
      > It is naive to think the belief in this skewed, biased, self-referencing, curated group is representative. So ..Google is bad, people that use it are misinformed and manipulated into using it, and the Hacker News crowd is a "skewed, biased, self-referencing, curated group" that is not able to form an educated opinion about a search engine. Again, what world do you live in ?
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