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Hopefully “direct navigation” does not become a boogeyman like “side loading” has.
by rickcarlino 10mo ago
Hopefully “direct navigation” does not become a boogeyman like “side loading” has.
- wlesieutre 10mo agoEspecially when the alternative is "type the company name into google" where the top 3 results are ads and they've previously been seen to stick malware distribution sites above the legitimate company pages This was happening for months with blender in 2022/2023, previously collected links about it here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34917701 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34917701
- xp84 10mo agoTop 3 are ads? Usually it’s more like 1. D-tier AI Slop Overview 2. Shopping ads 3. A bunch of AdWords ads 4. A bunch more Google-specific content (maps etc) 5. 1-3 organic results (Or sometimes 0 unless you click a “More results” link)