Interesting, I always suspected that about Google. In your previous article you recommended Bing, is that still your position? Additionally, how do you feel about DuckDuckGo? juvat
It's why I switched to Bing during the 2008 elections as everything was negative-Palin and pro-Obama on Google. Found much more evenly balanced results.
It's also been a thing on Google's webpage with their illustration of the day, since at least 2008 being anti-American and anti-conservative.
They got rid of "Don't be evil" for a reason. Thinking of switching to DuckDuckGo (but they have shown themselves willing to compromise) or Bing (but that's a Microsoft product). Still trying to figure this out but their AI may be the final straw.
The thing is Google is no longer the only game in town and competitors are appearing regularly. I mostly use StartPage but DuckDuckGo works as well as do a half dozen other search engines. The point is that if you spread your searches between multiple search engines, one does not have enough of your data worth selling.
What I would like to see is a botnet that generates phony search data and fills the largely secret personal data market with gibberish. Your data is still in there but it's under a manure pile of gibberish.
Interesting, I always suspected that about Google. In your previous article you recommended Bing, is that still your position? Additionally, how do you feel about DuckDuckGo?
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It's why I switched to Bing during the 2008 elections as everything was negative-Palin and pro-Obama on Google. Found much more evenly balanced results.
ReplyDeleteIt's also been a thing on Google's webpage with their illustration of the day, since at least 2008 being anti-American and anti-conservative.
Yandex gives results that are very different from Google, Bing, DdG, etc.
ReplyDeleteDuckDuckGo is more balanced, but often doesn't give great results.
ReplyDeleteYandex is good, but it's Russian. Your Mileage May Vary.
I find that mostly I use Bing and it's reliable.
Concur with Bing or DuckDuckGo
ReplyDeleteIt's why I still pick up last years Almanac for a buck. When I want to know a fact it's nice to believe that what I'm reading is the real answer.
ReplyDeleteThey got rid of "Don't be evil" for a reason. Thinking of switching to DuckDuckGo (but they have shown themselves willing to compromise) or Bing (but that's a Microsoft product). Still trying to figure this out but their AI may be the final straw.
ReplyDeleteDuck Duck Go explicitly slants news about the Ukraine war. Perhaps other stuff as well but the CEO said they were going to do that about the war news.
ReplyDeleteThe thing is Google is no longer the only game in town and competitors are appearing regularly. I mostly use StartPage but DuckDuckGo works as well as do a half dozen other search engines. The point is that if you spread your searches between multiple search engines, one does not have enough of your data worth selling.
ReplyDeleteWhat I would like to see is a botnet that generates phony search data and fills the largely secret personal data market with gibberish. Your data is still in there but it's under a manure pile of gibberish.