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> Stop using their browser, stop using their search. The more people that do this in general, the better. We've given Google entirely too much power to contro
by core-questions 6y ago
> Stop using their browser, stop using their search.
The more people that do this in general, the better. We've given Google entirely too much power to control what people see and read (and it follows, control over what they say and think).
They don't have our best interests at heart, they have financial interests at heart, and everything else flows from there. I'm not saying this is evil, but it's certainly not _good_.
- tornato7 6y agoWhat should I use for search? I tried switching to DDG for a month but I kept finding myself manually typing in Google.com to make the more obscure searches.
- salicideblock 6y agoThat is my exact habit now - DDG for the easy/lazy stuff, google for more obscure. I'm still giving them some search info to profile me, but hopefully it's skewed enough that it's value is lower. And I'm definitely giving them less ad views. I actually prefer DDG in a few fronts, like configuration of language and region.
- krallja 6y agoWell, quit typing google.com, for one. Use DDG’s !g feature. Or !sp, which is like Google results without the Google frontend. https://duckduckgo.com/bang https://duckduckgo.com/bang
- core-questions 6y agoIf you have all the adblockers and stuff, and open a fresh private browser, nothing wrong with taking advantage of Google's still-superior search for finding things.