Let's guess what Google requires in 14 days or they kill our extension

Re:Let's guess what Google requires in 14 days or they kill ... by core-questions on Wednesday May 13, 2020 @08:12PM (#23173481)

> Stop using their browser, stop using their search.

The more people that do this in general, the better. We've given Google entirely too much power to control what people see and read (and it follows, control over what they say and think).

They don't have our best interests at heart, they have financial interests at heart, and everything else flows from there. I'm not saying this is evil, but it's certainly not _good_.

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Re:Let's guess what Google requires in 14 days or they kill ... by tornato7 on Thursday May 14, 2020 @02:43AM (#23176191)

What should I use for search? I tried switching to DDG for a month but I kept finding myself manually typing in Google.com to make the more obscure searches.

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Re:Let's guess what Google requires in 14 days or they kill ... by salicideblock on Thursday May 14, 2020 @07:05AM (#23178028)

That is my exact habit now - DDG for the easy/lazy stuff, google for more obscure. I'm still giving them some search info to profile me, but hopefully it's skewed enough that it's value is lower. And I'm definitely giving them less ad views.

I actually prefer DDG in a few fronts, like configuration of language and region.

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Re:Let's guess what Google requires in 14 days or they kill ... by krallja on Thursday May 14, 2020 @09:12AM (#23179046)

Well, quit typing google.com, for one. Use DDG’s !g feature. Or !sp, which is like Google results without the Google frontend.

https://duckduckgo.com/bang

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Re:Let's guess what Google requires in 14 days or they kill ... by seph-reed on Friday May 15, 2020 @04:58PM (#23197316)

Couldn't find !sp. What is it?

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Re:Let's guess what Google requires in 14 days or they kill ... by krallja on Sunday May 17, 2020 @05:53PM (#23215848)

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Re:Let's guess what Google requires in 14 days or they kill ... by core-questions on Thursday May 14, 2020 @11:59AM (#23181089)

If you have all the adblockers and stuff, and open a fresh private browser, nothing wrong with taking advantage of Google's still-superior search for finding things.

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