If Google sucks then why is everyone still using it?

Re:If Google sucks then why is everyone still using it? by richardsocher on Friday March 18, 2022 @04:33PM (#30727162)

They don't know yet about you.com? - No spam, no ads, you control the ranker with your source preferences, hardcore private mode that doesn't save anything nor uses your location (even DDG saves your queries and gives location-based results), many developer apps that include what you want - eg code snippets in a StackOverflow app, AI apps like you.com/write that would write essays for you, etc.

Also, many folks (outside the hackernews crowd) never change their defaults and Google pays Apple 15B per year, as well as Samsung and many others, to be that default.

Disclaimer: I work at you.com

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Re:If Google sucks then why is everyone still using it? by soniman on Saturday March 19, 2022 @07:30AM (#30732957)

I like you.com but would like the option to search using google if my search on you.com fails. You.com will default to google if there are literally no results, but it disrupts my flow to paste the search terms into google if I don't like the you.com results.

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Re:If Google sucks then why is everyone still using it? by thesunkid on Sunday March 20, 2022 @01:14AM (#30740345)

there is a simple solution for that. Search for '!g {your_query}' in you.com and boom, you'll be taken to google.

They introduced that feature here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ScDcj-hX5ns

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Re:If Google sucks then why is everyone still using it? by aabbcc1241 on Sunday March 20, 2022 @12:04AM (#30740002)

If you're on desktop, you can use userscript to integrate Google search into you.com

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Re:If Google sucks then why is everyone still using it? by Ennea on Friday March 18, 2022 @07:08PM (#30728780)

you.com does not even load in Firefox with beacon.enabled set to false in about:config.

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Re:If Google sucks then why is everyone still using it? by richardsocher on Thursday March 31, 2022 @02:01PM (#30870332)

Hi Ennea, Honest question since this is the first time I hear this issue. What's the use case the changing that setting in your config?

From my limited understanding whatever beacon does can also be done in the backend it just makes it a little more complicated for developers?

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Re:If Google sucks then why is everyone still using it? by timothylaurent on Friday March 18, 2022 @06:25PM (#30728334)

You's been a refreshing break from the Google-sphere - and it gets better and better - The mobile browser is also great!

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Re:If Google sucks then why is everyone still using it? by JSONderulo on Friday March 18, 2022 @08:03PM (#30729282)

Great stuff, Richard. I've been using you.com since the beginning of the year and it continues to get better.

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Re:If Google sucks then why is everyone still using it? by richardsocher on Tuesday March 22, 2022 @03:53PM (#30770669)

So happy to hear. We'll keep making it better :)

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