You are arguing that google is a tool. The other person is arguing that google is more like an opinionated contractor. "You don't want a tool, you want to remo

You are arguing that google is a tool. The other person is arguing that google is more like an opinionated contractor. "You don't want a tool, you want to remodel your bathroom" is what the other person is arguing. That's kind of true. We're arguing that we don't want someone tell us how to remodel our bathroom, we just want a tool we can use to remodel our bathroom ourselves. Google said that providing a tool doesn't make enough money, so they transitioned into being a contractor. The crux of the issue is the "-" operator. As a tool, it removed any search result with the word after the "-" operator on the page in a very specific way. If you weren't getting the results you wanted, it's because you didn't think of how to use the tool in the right way. As a contractor, they try to interpret what you want to subtract and then give you what they think you want. The person you are responding to might be too young to remember that google was actually a very good tool at one point.