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@psychothumbs@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 2 years 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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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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    Firefox isn’t a search engine, though?

    • Bernie Ecclestoned
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      Good point

      • Very_Bad_Janet
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        What search engine were you using on FF?

        • Bernie Ecclestoned
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          3•2 years ago

          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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