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Considering that Google tracks you because you are the product they are selling, or rather, one sheep in the flock they are selling, removing the filter bubble
by yosito 5y ago
Considering that Google tracks you because you are the product they are selling, or rather, one sheep in the flock they are selling, removing the filter bubble from your search results seems like just a small, superficial fraction of the bubble Google has you in.
- anchpop 5y agoFor me, I may be the product Google is selling, but they convince me to use Search anyway because it’s much better than the competition (yes I’ve tried DDG). And I can’t see any way that being tracked negatively affects my life, so it’s a trade I’m happy to make
- Wowfunhappy 5y agoI wrote more here about why personalized results and recommendations really bother me: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27668373 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27668373 But if Google has the information and doesn't do anything with it... I guess I just don't care? Why should I care? I'm open to being convinced on this.
- ptero 5y agoGoogle doesn't do anything with your information for this particular search shown to you. It can still be used to skew your other interactions with Google, it's partners and anyone else with whom Google decides to share the data it has on you.
- missedthecue 5y agoGoogle is renting my eyeballs by paying me with a great search engine. What's the actual harm in that.