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> Today, you get paid search results, ads, third-party cookies, trackers, newsletter prompts, notification requests It is worse. You get curated political opin
by richrichie 3y ago
> Today, you get paid search results, ads, third-party cookies, trackers, newsletter prompts, notification requests
It is worse. You get curated political opinions that you must have, referrals to government agencies, etc.
- renegade-otter 3y agoSo it's fine when one party is in control, but then suddenly it's "censored" or "curated"? I would like to get my first page from the "deep state" State Department if I search for "is it safe to travel to Iraq", not from some sketchy travel blog written by a dude who believes in lizard people.
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- brabel 3y agoI disagree, there seems to be no "agenda" Google is pushing. For example, on YouTube, I tend to get a lot of suggestions for things I've watched recently - but that may be on either side of the current political divide. If I watch a single alt-right video, I get inundated with more alt-right video, seemingly getting more and more radicalized content as I follow... but all I seem to need to do to counter that is watch one or two videos from some leftist denouncing the patriarchy - and then I get, again, more and more radical content going the other direction! It is kind of good in a way: it doesn't seem to be trying to push me in any direction in particular, it's just trying to push me in whatever direction I was already heading on by myself.