@psychothumbs@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 1 year agoHow Google Alters Search Queries to Get at Your Walletwww.wired.comexternal-linkmessage-square34fedilinkarrow-up1259arrow-down19cross-posted to: technology@lemmy.worldnews@lemmy.worldtechnology@beehaw.orgtechnology@lemmy.worldgoogle@lemmy.worldtechnology@lemmy.mlhackernews@derp.footechnology@lemmy.ml
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minus-squareBernie EcclestonedlinkfedilinkEnglish16•edit-21 year agoI’ve just done the same search as in the article on Chrome, Firefox and DuckDuckGo Google served 5 ads before showing me M&S’ website DDG showed me an ad for Temu then M&S’ website Firefox showed me no ad, thanks ublock, and straight to M&S’ website
minus-square@MyPornAlt@lemmynsfw.comlinkfedilinkEnglish3•1 year agoUblockOrigin recommends against using ghostery.
minus-squareBernie EcclestonedlinkfedilinkEnglish1•edit-21 year agoI 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
I’ve just done the same search as in the article on Chrome, Firefox and DuckDuckGo
Google served 5 ads before showing me M&S’ website
DDG showed me an ad for Temu then M&S’ website
Firefox showed me no ad, thanks ublock, and straight to M&S’ website
Firefox isn’t a search engine, though?
Good point
What search engine were you using on FF?
Google but with ublock and ghostery
UblockOrigin recommends against using ghostery.
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