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I would have a problem with that, because for a search engine to know me well enough to know what I actually want despite what I typed in it would have to know

I would have a problem with that, because for a search engine to know me well enough to know what I actually want despite what I typed in it would have to know a lot of information about me I wouldn't trust the company behind it with. I spend most of my browsing time in a browser configured to clear cookies, cache, and history on exit. I'm not sure why most people are okay with companies gathering tons of data about them and trying to use it to manipulate them into buying products they don't actually want or need (among other uses), but I'm not one of them. Now if I could only get a search engine to not ignore query terms because it thinks it knows what I want better than I do, I'd be even happier.

huimang 4y ago
"I'm not sure why most people are okay with companies gathering tons of data about them and trying to use it to manipulate them into buying products they don't actually want or need (among other uses), but I'm not one of them." It takes a ton of work to prevent it and it's more or less futile anyways. It's not so much that people are okay with this, rather it's a part of modern life and it's exhausting trying to mitigate it. And impulsively buying products due to ads is a personal failing.