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Water Cooler / Re: Go to your corners, may the best man win..
« Last post by ergophobe on Today at 04:51:50 PM »
I have donated once or maybe twice. This makes me want to rush over and donate again.

This may be the best thing that has happened for the Guardian in a long time which is why, I am sure, they are trying to spread the news far and wide.
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>lots of steps

Debbie: Dark pattern.

from the Ars Technica article posted:
"The power-user way to use Google Search web now takes a lot of clicks. You'd want to click on "more" and then "Web" for actual web results, and then to get Google to actually pay attention to the words you type in, you'd want to click "Tools" and change "all results" to "verbatim." Alternatively, you could also find a more web-focused search engine instead of Google."

>3. Gov't anti-trust regulation

Somehow, I think this shift is in preparation for the inevitable US anti-trust regulation.  EU has already started tightening the screws on tracking.
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Traffic / Re: The man who killed Google Search?
« Last post by rcjordan on Today at 01:08:27 PM »
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/05/google-search-adds-web-filter-as-it-pivots-to-ai-focused-search-results/

Google Search adds a “web” filter, because it is no longer focused on web results | Ars Technica
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Good article but lots of steps in there.  For the unwashed masses who don't even know how to change the default search engine this is too involved.

There have always been 3 strategies for taking down Google:

1. Build a better search engine than Google.
2. Wait for Google to stumble, badly.
3. Gov't anti-trust regulation.

This blind leap into AI search might be #2 Google's Big Stumble, if people get tired of drinking their own urine which might be a longshot after Tide pods.  And #3 might happen.  So what I'm saying is we might have a convergence of #2 and #3 happening. 
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Water Cooler / Go to your corners, may the best man win..
« Last post by Rupert on Today at 06:39:29 AM »
Just had this email from the Guardian.  I have donated occasionally, so I get emails:

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Dear supporter,

On Tuesday, Elon Musk, owner of X/Twitter, CEO of Tesla and SpaceX, and one of the richest men on the planet, posted the following message about the Guardian.
The Guardian


The Guardian is sceptical of plutocrats and entrenched power. From Musk to the Murdochs, a small number of wealthy people have a powerful hold on much of the world’s information – and what they spread can often be distorting and destructive.

We are different: with no super-rich owner, the Guardian is free to seek the truth and share important stories that people ought to know – and free to care less what Musk or any billionaire thinks of us.
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Monetization / Re: Ri$ky click: Temu
« Last post by rcjordan on Today at 12:05:52 AM »
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