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| Subject | Re: There he goes again |
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| Newsgroups | comp.os.linux.misc |
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| From | "26yh.0712" <26yh.0713@e6t5y.net> |
| Organization | zippy gate |
| Date | 2024-07-17 02:08 -0400 |
| Message-ID | <mcGdnaQpHbZmwgr7nZ2dnZfqnPudnZ2d@earthlink.com> (permalink) |
On 7/16/24 5:18 AM, D wrote: > > > On Mon, 15 Jul 2024, 26yh.0712 wrote: > >> On 7/15/24 1:19 AM, rbowman wrote: >>> On Sun, 14 Jul 2024 16:30:25 -0700, Bobbie Sellers wrote: >>> >>>> I too resist Google, the great big advertising >>>> agency and always search with DDG. It is a choice on Firefox. >>>> SeaMonkey >>>> and Mercury browsers. >>> >>> I use Brave and generally go with the Brave search. >>> >>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brave_Search >>> >>> I do use DDG if I have Firefox open but have noticed DDG tends to be a >>> wrapper on Bing. >>> >>> https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-13451223/Microsoft-outage- >>> >>> Bing-DuckDuckGo-ChatGPT-thousands-users.html >>> >>> DDG does have other sources it indexes. >> >> >> While it would be great to completely avoid >> Goog and M$, this just isn't practical. Those >> engines are now so HUGE and quick that even >> DDG is going to use them by proxy. The only >> good bit is that DDG disguises YOUR identity >> so Goog cannot easily monitor/target your stuff. >> >> Future worry - Goog and M$ don't necessarily HAVE >> to let DDG and related use them for searches. One >> greedy itch and it's Goog or NOTHING worth a damn. >> It is very difficult to create even a tiny spot >> in the world where money doesn't rule - Ok, maybe >> China, but there the STATE rules and spies on your >> every keystroke with bad intent ........ >> >> Aww ... I see AltaVista now takes you to Yahoo :-( >> > > I think there would be some kind of antitrust procedure if one or two of > them started to cut off third party search engines. Maybe ... but with the $$$ Goog and M$ can bring to it ... well ...... might be a hopeless, or at least eternal, battle. > Perhaps, in the end, we'll revert to the classic, eternal beauty of > dmoz.org? It no longer works but it was one of those directories curated > by humans. Too small for modern needs. The present/future of "search" is a MASSIVE database with a MASSIVE distributed server farm and a LOT of "AI" being used. No 99-cent op can even remotely compete. Sorry. Hey, you can revive the print "Yellow Pages" .... This is one of the evolving, inevitable, PROBLEMS of the "digital age".
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Re: any way to completely disable Emacs eln-cache Popping Mad <rainbow@colition.gov> - 2024-07-13 19:14 -0400
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Re: any way to completely disable Emacs eln-cache "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2024-07-06 16:34 +0200
Re: any way to completely disable Emacs eln-cache jgd@cix.co.uk (John Dallman) - 2024-07-06 16:20 +0100
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