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Re:Ohio sues Google, seeks to declare the internet company a... by DarknessFalls on Tuesday June 08, 2021 @05:14PM (#27440918)
> You have multiple choices for water, dig a well, buy it from the local grocery store.

This is a false equivalence. Comparing Google to a municipal water system and other search engines to purchasing bottled water eliminates certain key features of the service, like water conditioning and infrastructure. I use DuckDuckGo and it is no where near the inconvenience implied by "dig a well".

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Re:Ohio sues Google, seeks to declare the internet company a... by ipaddr on Tuesday June 08, 2021 @05:34PM (#27441174)
Digging a well would be creating your own search engine. You can pay someone to come in an drill that well for you that doesn't exist a paid search engine.

Ddg would be like taking the water from a public fountain.

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Re:Ohio sues Google, seeks to declare the internet company a... by Dah00n on Wednesday June 09, 2021 @06:33AM (#27446340)
More like using the "free" fountain with a DDG logo on it with water being transferred from the nearby Microsoft fountain (but with a promise that they add their own magic sprinkly stuff to the water).
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