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Favicons are mentioned once in the first page of that discussion. I think attributing all that outrage to the favicons, not the fact that they made ads look li

Favicons are mentioned once in the first page of that discussion. I think attributing all that outrage to the favicons, not the fact that they made ads look like results, is a massive mischaracterization of that discussion. Bordering on bad faith... I maintain that favicons are VERY low on the list of reasons people are switching from Google to DDG. DDG having favicons too should be proof enough of that.

mkl 7y ago
I think you are the only person trying to infer that anyone claimed favicons were the key thing. The original tweet that started the whole discussion is: "There's something strange about the recent design change to google search results, favicons and extra header text: they all look like ads, which is perhaps the point?" The comment you replied to said: "everyone is hating on Google's new search results, in part because of a distracting favicon" (emphasis mine). There is no real inconsistency there, but for some reason you seem to have decided that there is and that it is very important.