Google shells out billions to be the default search engine on Apple's smartphones and on web browsers such as Mozilla's Firefox, the DOJ said.
Google spends $10 billion a year to ensure it’s your go-to online search engine, DOJ says::Google shells out billions to be the default search engine on Apple’s smartphones and on web browsers such as Mozilla’s Firefox, the DOJ said.
I find myself using duckduckgo and kagi more and more. All search engines suck, honestly, but the not-Google choices maybe suck a little less. Google results have gotten horrible, it’s so obvious it’s just serving up sponsored ad links, not actual information. I mean, that’s been the case for a long time but they’ve really dialed up the suck.
I miss the days when it was rare to need to goto the second page. Now you have to in order to get passed the all the shite. Even ignoring the sponsored shit Google wants to sell me the thing I’m trying to get a review of on the firs and second page
I defaulted to DDG now. It has been working just fine. Every now and then I can’t find something and I will append a “!g” at the end of the search in DDG to get Google results.
I will use Yandex when searching for more copyright infringing content which works very well too.
That has me 100% covered. If I were to lose Google I would still be 98% covered.
Agreed completely. I’m noticing that I need to use !g less and less. It used to be a daily or twice daily thing, but these days it is more of a weekly or monthly usage.
Google has plenty of cash to live for a long time and an ad machine that prints money, but their days of dominance are numbered, in my opinion.
I have all the add-ins, extensions, etc so my experience is fine (and I also just use DuckDuckGo). But I tried searching for something on my parent’s computer with Google… it was like the early 00s with all the crap before the actual results.
I immediately switched their default, but I could not believe it. Like why would you do that to your own site?
Tried ddg years ago, but I found Searx(NG) and I stick to it since. So awesome. The only downside is that some instances can be unstable for a bit (for example, certain search engine can stop working), but you can export and import settings really easily so I just use another instance I trust until my main one is back to normal.
Sure, visit !vaporents@lemmy.beyondcombustion.net and !vaporents@lemmy.world to start exploring. Also, fuckcombustion.com is an awesome forum about this field.
And please, don’t fall to these headship vapes, which are mostly crap.
You are not logged in. However you can subscribe from another Fediverse account, for example Lemmy or Mastodon. To do this, paste the following into the search field of your instance: !technology@lemmy.world
This is a most excellent place for technology news and articles.
I find myself using duckduckgo and kagi more and more. All search engines suck, honestly, but the not-Google choices maybe suck a little less. Google results have gotten horrible, it’s so obvious it’s just serving up sponsored ad links, not actual information. I mean, that’s been the case for a long time but they’ve really dialed up the suck.
I miss the days when it was rare to need to goto the second page. Now you have to in order to get passed the all the shite. Even ignoring the sponsored shit Google wants to sell me the thing I’m trying to get a review of on the firs and second page
I defaulted to DDG now. It has been working just fine. Every now and then I can’t find something and I will append a “!g” at the end of the search in DDG to get Google results.
I will use Yandex when searching for more copyright infringing content which works very well too.
That has me 100% covered. If I were to lose Google I would still be 98% covered.
Agreed completely. I’m noticing that I need to use !g less and less. It used to be a daily or twice daily thing, but these days it is more of a weekly or monthly usage.
Google has plenty of cash to live for a long time and an ad machine that prints money, but their days of dominance are numbered, in my opinion.
It’s that extra crap that kills it for me.
I have all the add-ins, extensions, etc so my experience is fine (and I also just use DuckDuckGo). But I tried searching for something on my parent’s computer with Google… it was like the early 00s with all the crap before the actual results.
I immediately switched their default, but I could not believe it. Like why would you do that to your own site?
What extensions will make my experience Better? I still Google but I don’t wanna use it anymore
honestly… duckduckgo.com
you will still get most of the top results, but without all the nonsense.
Their browser is a bit shady and how it shares info with Microsoft / Bing but their search engine is solid.
Stupid name, good search results.
Tried ddg years ago, but I found Searx(NG) and I stick to it since. So awesome. The only downside is that some instances can be unstable for a bit (for example, certain search engine can stop working), but you can export and import settings really easily so I just use another instance I trust until my main one is back to normal.
Thanks for the recommendation, I’ll check it out.
Sure, visit !vaporents@lemmy.beyondcombustion.net and !vaporents@lemmy.world to start exploring. Also, fuckcombustion.com is an awesome forum about this field.
And please, don’t fall to these headship vapes, which are mostly crap.
Edit: Also, I gave a general recommendation to another user here so it might be useful to you too.
Isn’t DDG just Bing? I know when sites are banned on Bing, they don’t appear there either. Felt it was the same search…
Perhaps Bing with privacy?
I think so, yeah.