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The ad marker isn't even colored any more, it's just plain text: "Ad · https:// https://..."

by Groxx 5y ago

ok_dad 5y ago
I use a adblocker, but I turned it off and made this screenshot to show how it's really hard to differentiate ads now: https://i.ibb.co/pwt1JT0/image.png https://i.ibb.co/pwt1JT0/image.png
- titzer 5y ago
  The whole first page is ads. It's pretty disgusting. The entire apparatus treats every query as having commercial intent, or even if it doesn't, force commercial intent, on users. The abject hunger to monetize literally every interaction you will ever have with a computer is what finally turned my stomach and I really couldn't take it anymore. I run an adblocker, unapologetically. Even then, you notice the next level of distortion; the search engine will push you to over-optimized ad-laden, super-dumbed down and aggregated sites that are practically devoid of information but loaded with trackers and spying and ads. Google sends you there because it will inevitably send you to what is in its interest, which is either one of its own properties or something participating in the great ad sideshow, all of which are subject to its tax as the biggest monkey in the jungle.
  - native_samples 5y ago
    Oh come on. What non commercial results do you expect for a query like "new computers"? Do you really think anyone who searched that is looking for Wikipedia?
    - titzer 5y ago
      > Oh come on. Completely unnecessary tone here, but yeah, I do think that some percentage of queries for "new computers" might just be interested in finding out what new computers are out there, and not just buy the first thing shoved in their faces. Stupid search engine rounds up 90 or 95% to 100% and forces everyone to think about buying stuff all the time. It's really grating being lumped into whatever crap category the engine thinks is the most profitable and being shown the result of a bidding war for my attention for every. single. thing. in this life.
- jrochkind1 5y ago
  That URL is not working for me. It redirects to `https://cdn.i.ibb.co/1/392979222/0 https://cdn.i.ibb.co/1/392979222/0`, and `cdn.i.ibb.co` is not in DNS for my machine.
  - ok_dad 5y ago
    I just googled for a free image host, not sure about your issue, sorry.

The ad marker isn't even colored any more, it's just plain text: "Ad · https:// https://..."

by Groxx 5y ago

The ad marker isn't even colored any more, it's just plain text: "Ad · https:// https://..."

I use a adblocker, but I turned it off and made this screenshot to show how it's really hard to differentiate ads now: https://i.ibb.co/pwt1JT0/image.png https://i.ibb.co/pwt1JT0/image.png

titzer 5y ago
The whole first page is ads. It's pretty disgusting. The entire apparatus treats every query as having commercial intent, or even if it doesn't, force commercial intent, on users. The abject hunger to monetize literally every interaction you will ever have with a computer is what finally turned my stomach and I really couldn't take it anymore. I run an adblocker, unapologetically. Even then, you notice the next level of distortion; the search engine will push you to over-optimized ad-laden, super-dumbed down and aggregated sites that are practically devoid of information but loaded with trackers and spying and ads. Google sends you there because it will inevitably send you to what is in its interest, which is either one of its own properties or something participating in the great ad sideshow, all of which are subject to its tax as the biggest monkey in the jungle.
- native_samples 5y ago
  Oh come on. What non commercial results do you expect for a query like "new computers"? Do you really think anyone who searched that is looking for Wikipedia?
  - titzer 5y ago
    > Oh come on. Completely unnecessary tone here, but yeah, I do think that some percentage of queries for "new computers" might just be interested in finding out what new computers are out there, and not just buy the first thing shoved in their faces. Stupid search engine rounds up 90 or 95% to 100% and forces everyone to think about buying stuff all the time. It's really grating being lumped into whatever crap category the engine thinks is the most profitable and being shown the result of a bidding war for my attention for every. single. thing. in this life.
jrochkind1 5y ago
That URL is not working for me. It redirects to `https://cdn.i.ibb.co/1/392979222/0 https://cdn.i.ibb.co/1/392979222/0`, and `cdn.i.ibb.co` is not in DNS for my machine.
- ok_dad 5y ago
  I just googled for a free image host, not sure about your issue, sorry.