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DDG's image search beats the pants off of Google's, too.
by giggles_giggles 7y ago
DDG's image search beats the pants off of Google's, too.
- m-p-3 7y agoAt least it still has a View Image button.
- azinman2 7y agoReally? How so? They certainly don’t have related/similar images, which I find useful.
- Lammy 7y agoGoogle Image Search has been intentionally crippled ever since the Getty vs Google lawsuit. GIS now seems to prefer showing me 'maxresdefault.jpg' YouTube thumbnails for at least 50% of results, presumably because the uploaders of those videos gave Google a license to use/distribute the work. Even for copyrighted works that still gives Google another party to blame.
- azinman2 7y agoCould you go into more details? What exactly were the ramifications of the lawsuit?
- Lammy 7y agoMy understanding of it as an outsider is that Getty Images filed a suit against Google seeking money for their images being displayed in GIS results. They later announced a settlement, and the 'View Image' button disappeared and the search result quality plummeted (my judgement) at exactly the same time. Here's some more reading: https://venturebeat.com/2018/02/09/getty-images-and-google-declare-a-truce-with-new-image-licensing-partnership/ https://venturebeat.com/2018/02/09/getty-images-and-google-d... https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2018/02/internet-rages-after-google-removes-view-image-button-bowing-to-getty/ https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2018/02/internet-rages-after...
- Lammy 7y agoI agree, aside from the 'Color' filter. I've found DDG's is very picky about choosing images that are _only_ comprised of your chosen color, instead of predominantly comprised like Google seems to do.
- rustamm 7y agoBy the way, DDG image search is just Bing