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Comment on Apple barred from Google antitrust trial, putting $20 billion search deal on the line

I will be honest, say there’s a new law that says on every device, users have the initial choice to select between any search engine, they’ll probably choose google anyways because most of these people have grown up that way.

Make a better alternative and people will come. Ddg is ok but it still is basically a reskinned Bing and Bing itself isn’t that good. Other search engines aren’t as polished yet either

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taladar@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
Luckily Google is working tirelessly on making their own search product worse every year.

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- Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
  It honestly might already be worse
  
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  - taladar@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
    You think it is bad now? Just wait for the new and enshittified Google Search 2026.
    
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    Cyber@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
    Dunno how long you’ve been online, but you should’ve seen searching before Google came along… it’s still better now.
    
    But, there was not much tracking back then…
    
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uranibaba@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
I’m happy with Kagi. I feel like it is equal to Google in it’s prime.

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- Engywuck@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
  Not many people want to (or can) shell out 10 $/month for a search engine. I’m not saying it’s pointless, I’m simply saying that few people would do it.
  
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  - baggachipz@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
    Those same people probably have no problem paying more than that for YouTube Premium for an ad-free experience. Truth is, ad-supported search will always go to shit because it’s in direct competition with its own product. It’s the same reason YouTube with ads keeps getting worse.
    
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    Engywuck@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
    Because according to their perception “search” has less value than “watch”, which may make sense if one seldom really uses a search engine (i.e., they just use the same 3-4 websites)
    
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  - mbirth@lemmy.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
    That’s why I self-host SearXNG. And have enabled several other “underdog” search engines like Mojeek and Marginalia. On my devices I’m using Redirect Web for Safari to send any search request to Ecosia (configured in my Safaris) to my SearXNG instance. Works great for me!
    
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    Engywuck@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
    Sam . Mine is hosted on my RPi. Not ideal, I know, but at least it strips out tracking bits from the upstream engines.
    
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Bubs12@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
I switched from DuckDuckGo to Startpage and it has been much better. Problem is, Startpage is just a reskin of google without the AI crap and fewer ads so there is no real escape.

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Squizzy@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
It has been proven to work, and the idea is not to make people choose others it is to encourage competition. How would you get your better product in front of most people if not for it being a requirement to be showcased. There are so mamy people using default everything on anything they have ever bought

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Pirata@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
Some people are just starting to get their first iPhones and Macs TODAY. We’re not all old farts on the internet as much as we’d like to think so.

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