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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.
  • Bernie Ecclestoned
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    4•2 years ago

    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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