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Google stopped being a search engine long time ago. Now it's the worlds biggest advertisement company, waging war on Adblockers and pushing dark pattern to use
by swat535 1y ago
Google stopped being a search engine long time ago.
Now it's the worlds biggest advertisement company, waging war on Adblockers and pushing dark pattern to users.
They've built a browser monopoly with Chrome and can throw their weight around to literally dictate the open web standards.
The only competition is Mozilla Firefox, which ironically is _also_ controlled by Google, they receive millions annually from them.
- Expurple 1y agoTechnically, Safari is a bigger competitor than Firefox, and it's actually independent from Google. But it's not like it's better for the user...
- fsflover 1y ago> independent from Google Not really: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38253384 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38253384
- Expurple 1y agoUnlike Firefox, Safari has another huge corporate backer (Apple). Apple is drowning in cash. They don't need Google's money to keep developing Safari. It's "just" a good, low-effort deal for them. Apple doesn't have a competing search engine, or an intention to develop one, or an intention to promote a free web and "save" their users from a search engine monopoly.