Google doesn't even want to help you find information anymore. 5 times a fucking day the thing gets pissed off that I'm rephrasing my searches, and makes me click the captcha box. It just wants you to click ads, buy shit, and fuck off- not find out information for free.

The antitrust case against Google right now is going to be huge. The actual chance of them losing isnt high, even though they should, but just the existence of the lawsuit is going to make them tamp down on their anticompetitive behavior until the smoke clears. Last time this happened, it happened to Microsoft. That's when we GOT Google in the first place, and a lot of other new kids on the block. We could see some actually amazing search tools appear in a few years because of this, especially if they actually lose

[–] GaveUp@hexbear.net 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Try startpage.com as a proxy to Google, it's really nice

[–] SerLava@hexbear.net 2 points 1 year ago

Ooh interesting, I made it default for a lil try