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@DJDarren@thelemmy.club to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 2 years ago

How Google Alters Search Queries to Get at Your Wallet

www.wired.com

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How Google Alters Search Queries to Get at Your Wallet

www.wired.com

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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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  • @simulacra_simulacrum@lemmy.world
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    9•2 years ago

    I never noticed this before, but trying a few random searches does generate links to purchase tangential items. Freaky yet unsurprising from Google.

  • @gr522x@lemmy.ml
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    8•2 years ago

    Using an advertising company for anything and expecting objective results is a bit ridiculous. Use DuckDuckGo, Brave Search, MetaGer, anything but Google.

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    • @DJDarren@thelemmy.clubOP
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      16•2 years ago

      You mean https://duckduckgo.com?

      The first thing I change when I open up a new browser for the first time is change the default search from Google to DDG.

      • @avater@lemmy.world
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        for fucks sake this damn autocorrect. sorry yeah of course I meant duckduckgo 😅

    • Jose
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      2•2 years ago

      StarPage and Brave Search is also good.

    • @EvilBit@lemmy.world
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      0•2 years ago

      Yeah that’s a no-go for me.

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