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Re:Shortest URLs on the Internet by MisterTea on Monday September 12, 2022 @08:17AM (#32809034)
> I think we can afford another textbox.

I say kill the concept of integrated search altogether. Search is a web page and should never be part of a web browser. Ever. It allows web browsers to sell that search bar default setting to the highest bidder. Or if your google, drive traffic to your advertising search engine using technologies that directly benefit its bottom line and nothing else.

Besides, searching sucks. Its all been SEO'd to death meaning finding information posted by real humans who are passionate about a subject are drowned in sea of mediocre (at best) blogspam. Of course this blogspam is funded by google adverts which only perpetuates this feedback loop of madness.

Re:Shortest URLs on the Internet by SpelingBeeChamp on Tuesday September 13, 2022 @06:35AM (#32822552)
>It allows web browsers to sell that search bar default to the highest bidder.

Does Mozilla do that?

Re:Shortest URLs on the Internet by MisterTea on Tuesday September 13, 2022 @08:12AM (#32823280)
I assume yes since the default search is Yahoo when they could/should partner with DDG.