Google [or, just its flawed practices] exists because you--yes, you--willingly gave up your privacy. Not because it's evil or whatever
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Replying to @whitequark
@whitequark Google pitched it's data collection as a way to give better suggestions.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @postmodern_mod3
@postmodern_mod3 this is true. I cannot use DuckDuckGo; its results are vastly inferior to Google's, at least for my searches. I tried.1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
Replying to @whitequark
@whitequark@postmodern_mod3 ditto, I like my filter bubble because it knows what I generally search for1 reply 1 retweet 0 likes -
Replying to @bascule
@bascule@whitequark the filter bubble isn't so much the problem, but that it lives on someone elses infrastructure.4 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @postmodern_mod3
@postmodern_mod3@bascule don't think that any single individual could afford their own search engine in manageable future1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @whitequark
@whitequark@postmodern_mod3 they don't need their own search engine. They need their own filter bubble1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @bascule
@bascule@whitequark it would be like pulling down the raw results from DDG, then doing additional filtering/sub-queries.3 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @postmodern_mod3
@postmodern_mod3@bascule as in, is bubbling a task which can be performed locally?1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
@whitequark @postmodern_mod3 yeah, and the filter bubble could both add context to the search and postprocess results
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