Can we get from a world where Google is synonymous with search to a world where other search engines have a real chance to compete? The U.S. and state governments’ bipartisan antitrust suit, challenging the many ways that Google has maintained its search monopoly, offers an opportunity.

Can we get from a world where Google is synonymous with search to a world where other search engines have a real chance to compete? The U.S. and state governments’ bipartisan antitrust suit, challenging the many ways that Google has maintained its search monopoly, offers an opportunity.

  • Nemean_lion@lemmy.caEnglish
    121·
    29 days ago

    I don’t know, but yahoo used to be the go to aswell until a better option came. I’ll tell you what though, it will be a cold day in hell when I use Bing.

    • Em Adespoton@lemmy.caEnglish
      3·
      29 days ago

      Every engine out there other than Google already uses Bing. Bing actually has a usable privacy model; it’s one of the products IMO Microsoft actually got right.

      I do long for the days of Lycos, AltaVista, Hotbot, etc. though; the ad system was simpler then.

      Actually, what I really miss is the days of Archie, Veronica and Jughead, before flashing ads and marquees were even possible.

  • Jhuskindle@lemmy.worldEnglish
    4·
    28 days ago

    Ngl i have been using webcrawler because all the blocked/promoted nonsense from Google made it virtually unusable and webcrawler has a few pages of nonsense but I’ve found everything I need.

  • Graves396@lemmy.worldEnglish
    11·
    29 days ago

    I mean I bump brave - add free, and protects your privacy far better than any alternative I know, including Chrome ( I am not a no-it-all in the web browser privacy department however)