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Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year ago

How Google Alters Search Queries to Get at Your Wallet

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How Google Alters Search Queries to Get at Your Wallet

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Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year ago

Testimony during Google’s antitrust case revealed that the company may be altering billions of queries a day to generate results that will get you to buy more stuff.

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What search engine were you using on FF?
- Bernie Ecclestoned@sh.itjust.works
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  Google but with ublock and ghostery
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    UblockOrigin recommends against using ghostery.
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      I like ghostery’s handling of cookie banners though…
      
      Edit. Oh, the easy list thing does that anyway. Thanks
      
      Edit 2. Ghostery is better at cookie popups

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