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I didn't crop it.. that's the point.. on the native resolution of my computer, doing a search for that specific term shows 100% ads after clicking "search".. O

I didn't crop it.. that's the point.. on the native resolution of my computer, doing a search for that specific term shows 100% ads after clicking "search".. Obviously you can scroll past them, maybe that's why you're confused? Nobody's saying the search results are only ads, they're saying that the only results that are shown to consumers without some action on their part are ads...

endisneigh 5y ago
> Nobody's saying the search results are only ads, they're saying that the only results that are shown to consumers without some action on their part are ads... The title of this post and point of the twitter thread is: "For some searches literally the whole screen!! on google is now ads."
- CRConrad 5y ago
  You don't know what a screen is? It's the glass thingy above or beside your desktop computer, or on the inside of the lid of your laptop computer. Sheesh.
- mikeyouse 5y ago
  Again.. "the whole screen" which implies everything you can see... Not everything that exists.
  - endisneigh 5y ago
    I agree. Should I make another post stating how DDG only shows ads on the entire screen as well? It seems that all of the search engines just suck huh.
- Nicksil 5y ago
  >The title of this post and point of the twitter thread is: >"For some searches literally the whole screen!! on google is now ads." And that's what you see in the screenshots. What's the problem?
olyjohn 5y ago
- bllguo 5y ago
  do you realize how disgusting it is to be okay with twisting the truth as long as it fits your agenda? somehow people are actually receptive to arguments like yours, it boggles the mind. criticize when there is something to criticize, in Google's case this is not hard. viewing the world in black and white is the height of immaturity
  - Talanes 5y ago
    "Twisting the truth" in this case is using a term that literally everybody except for one deliberate contrarian understands to mean the same thing. A good faith argument shouldn't come down to semantics. Once you realize that the other side isn't using a term in the way you think it should be used, you can either stop the debate to argue the semantics, or accept their definition as the terms for the debate.
- endisneigh 5y ago
  I love how you're on a YC Combinator forum criticizing other people about worshipping corporations. I care about accuracy and quantifiable metrics. I can show screenshots for Bing, DDG, and Google showing all ads. OK what's the point? What percentage of results on the first page for each are ads. More accurate and easier to compare. By the way, if you want to attack Google you should attack them for things that actually matter, like their egregious Play Store fees and anti competitiveness by misleading buyers in their ad bidding market, tax evasive, anti-trust, and adherence to censorship in various countries.

endisneigh 5y ago

> Nobody's saying the search results are only ads, they're saying that the only results that are shown to consumers without some action on their part are ads... The title of this post and point of the twitter thread is: "For some searches literally the whole screen!! on google is now ads."

CRConrad 5y ago
You don't know what a screen is? It's the glass thingy above or beside your desktop computer, or on the inside of the lid of your laptop computer. Sheesh.
mikeyouse 5y ago
Again.. "the whole screen" which implies everything you can see... Not everything that exists.
- endisneigh 5y ago
  I agree. Should I make another post stating how DDG only shows ads on the entire screen as well? It seems that all of the search engines just suck huh.
Nicksil 5y ago
>The title of this post and point of the twitter thread is: >"For some searches literally the whole screen!! on google is now ads." And that's what you see in the screenshots. What's the problem?

olyjohn 5y ago

bllguo 5y ago
do you realize how disgusting it is to be okay with twisting the truth as long as it fits your agenda? somehow people are actually receptive to arguments like yours, it boggles the mind. criticize when there is something to criticize, in Google's case this is not hard. viewing the world in black and white is the height of immaturity
- Talanes 5y ago
  "Twisting the truth" in this case is using a term that literally everybody except for one deliberate contrarian understands to mean the same thing. A good faith argument shouldn't come down to semantics. Once you realize that the other side isn't using a term in the way you think it should be used, you can either stop the debate to argue the semantics, or accept their definition as the terms for the debate.
endisneigh 5y ago
I love how you're on a YC Combinator forum criticizing other people about worshipping corporations. I care about accuracy and quantifiable metrics. I can show screenshots for Bing, DDG, and Google showing all ads. OK what's the point? What percentage of results on the first page for each are ads. More accurate and easier to compare. By the way, if you want to attack Google you should attack them for things that actually matter, like their egregious Play Store fees and anti competitiveness by misleading buyers in their ad bidding market, tax evasive, anti-trust, and adherence to censorship in various countries.