▲ 1371 ▼ Google Chrome pushes ahead with targeted ads based on your browser history (www.theregister.com) submitted 3 years ago by wolf@lemmy.zip to c/technology@lemmy.world 346 comments fedilink hide all child comments Google enables advertisers a look into your browsing history...
[–] radioactiveradio@lemm.ee 92 points 3 years ago (10 children) "don't be evil" days have been over since forever ago. permalink fedilink source hideshow 10 child comments replies: [–] igorlogius@lemmy.world 15 points 3 years ago don’t be evil ref. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don%27t_be_evil permalink fedilink source parent [–] HiddenLayer5@lemmy.ml 15 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) (8 children) Any organization that feels the need to outright claim without being asked that they're not evil are 100% projecting and are evil. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 8 child comments replies: [–] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 17 points 3 years ago (4 children) I think they honestly weren't, back in those days, or at least trying not to be. Now google is a fully fledged advertising and marketing company I already dumped google search in favor of DuckDuckGo years ago which gives objectively better results. Google search has been overrun with SEO spam since years ago I'm getting rid of chrome, then of google drive, then what more... Google maps is a big one to drop too but it's so nice. It sucks that a company builds good software and then just abuses the crap out of it but this is why we have open source! Lastly I'll need to drop google from my Android phone, somehow. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Asudox@lemmy.world -1 points 3 years ago (3 children) So you're telling me that Bing provides better search results than Google? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 3 points 3 years ago Ik using DuckDuckGo. I do believe they're using some bing tech, but the results are definitely better than google for me. Whenever I go back to try it again, google gives me only spammy SEO optimized results that are useless permalink fedilink source parent [–] Psychonaut1969@lemmy.world 0 points 3 years ago (1 child) Ever try startpage.com? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Asudox@lemmy.world 2 points 3 years ago I no longer would trust Startpage much as I used to. When System1 got into it, I backed off. permalink fedilink source parent [–] mustardman@discuss.tchncs.de 14 points 3 years ago (1 child) Even worse, the act of removing that from their motto. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] HiddenLayer5@lemmy.ml 6 points 3 years ago "Fuck it everyone already knows we're evil no point in pretending now." -- Google, probably permalink fedilink source parent [–] bobman@unilem.org 2 points 3 years ago Nah. In the early days it made sense because Google was doing some really cool things. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] igorlogius@lemmy.world 15 points 3 years ago don’t be evil ref. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don%27t_be_evil permalink fedilink source parent
[–] HiddenLayer5@lemmy.ml 15 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) (8 children) Any organization that feels the need to outright claim without being asked that they're not evil are 100% projecting and are evil. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 8 child comments replies: [–] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 17 points 3 years ago (4 children) I think they honestly weren't, back in those days, or at least trying not to be. Now google is a fully fledged advertising and marketing company I already dumped google search in favor of DuckDuckGo years ago which gives objectively better results. Google search has been overrun with SEO spam since years ago I'm getting rid of chrome, then of google drive, then what more... Google maps is a big one to drop too but it's so nice. It sucks that a company builds good software and then just abuses the crap out of it but this is why we have open source! Lastly I'll need to drop google from my Android phone, somehow. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Asudox@lemmy.world -1 points 3 years ago (3 children) So you're telling me that Bing provides better search results than Google? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 3 points 3 years ago Ik using DuckDuckGo. I do believe they're using some bing tech, but the results are definitely better than google for me. Whenever I go back to try it again, google gives me only spammy SEO optimized results that are useless permalink fedilink source parent [–] Psychonaut1969@lemmy.world 0 points 3 years ago (1 child) Ever try startpage.com? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Asudox@lemmy.world 2 points 3 years ago I no longer would trust Startpage much as I used to. When System1 got into it, I backed off. permalink fedilink source parent [–] mustardman@discuss.tchncs.de 14 points 3 years ago (1 child) Even worse, the act of removing that from their motto. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] HiddenLayer5@lemmy.ml 6 points 3 years ago "Fuck it everyone already knows we're evil no point in pretending now." -- Google, probably permalink fedilink source parent [–] bobman@unilem.org 2 points 3 years ago Nah. In the early days it made sense because Google was doing some really cool things. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 17 points 3 years ago (4 children) I think they honestly weren't, back in those days, or at least trying not to be. Now google is a fully fledged advertising and marketing company I already dumped google search in favor of DuckDuckGo years ago which gives objectively better results. Google search has been overrun with SEO spam since years ago I'm getting rid of chrome, then of google drive, then what more... Google maps is a big one to drop too but it's so nice. It sucks that a company builds good software and then just abuses the crap out of it but this is why we have open source! Lastly I'll need to drop google from my Android phone, somehow. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Asudox@lemmy.world -1 points 3 years ago (3 children) So you're telling me that Bing provides better search results than Google? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 3 points 3 years ago Ik using DuckDuckGo. I do believe they're using some bing tech, but the results are definitely better than google for me. Whenever I go back to try it again, google gives me only spammy SEO optimized results that are useless permalink fedilink source parent [–] Psychonaut1969@lemmy.world 0 points 3 years ago (1 child) Ever try startpage.com? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Asudox@lemmy.world 2 points 3 years ago I no longer would trust Startpage much as I used to. When System1 got into it, I backed off. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Asudox@lemmy.world -1 points 3 years ago (3 children) So you're telling me that Bing provides better search results than Google? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 3 points 3 years ago Ik using DuckDuckGo. I do believe they're using some bing tech, but the results are definitely better than google for me. Whenever I go back to try it again, google gives me only spammy SEO optimized results that are useless permalink fedilink source parent [–] Psychonaut1969@lemmy.world 0 points 3 years ago (1 child) Ever try startpage.com? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Asudox@lemmy.world 2 points 3 years ago I no longer would trust Startpage much as I used to. When System1 got into it, I backed off. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 3 points 3 years ago Ik using DuckDuckGo. I do believe they're using some bing tech, but the results are definitely better than google for me. Whenever I go back to try it again, google gives me only spammy SEO optimized results that are useless permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Psychonaut1969@lemmy.world 0 points 3 years ago (1 child) Ever try startpage.com? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Asudox@lemmy.world 2 points 3 years ago I no longer would trust Startpage much as I used to. When System1 got into it, I backed off. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Asudox@lemmy.world 2 points 3 years ago I no longer would trust Startpage much as I used to. When System1 got into it, I backed off. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] mustardman@discuss.tchncs.de 14 points 3 years ago (1 child) Even worse, the act of removing that from their motto. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] HiddenLayer5@lemmy.ml 6 points 3 years ago "Fuck it everyone already knows we're evil no point in pretending now." -- Google, probably permalink fedilink source parent
[–] HiddenLayer5@lemmy.ml 6 points 3 years ago "Fuck it everyone already knows we're evil no point in pretending now." -- Google, probably permalink fedilink source parent
[–] bobman@unilem.org 2 points 3 years ago Nah. In the early days it made sense because Google was doing some really cool things. permalink fedilink source parent