• Willard Herman@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Time to stop using Gmail and YouTube. I had already avoided go░gle search for months now.

    Over the last three or four months I had deleted all my FaceBook, Twitter, Reddit, Instagram accounts. And this made me want to avoid go░gle search.

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          1 year ago

          Funny how the term “tinfoil” persists even though it hasn’t been used in over 70 years.

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              1 year ago

              “Aluminum” at least has 1 less syllable. But I usually just say “foil.” What else would I be talking about in that context?

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                1 year ago

                “Aluminum” at least has 1 less syllable. But I usually just say “foil.” What else would I be talking about in that context?

                a·lu·mi·num

                tin·foil

                (Sorry for the ‘ackshully’, but couldn’t resist.)

        • space@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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          1 year ago

          Nooo. Those might be tampered. They could be bugged. Or they could have holes in them. Or the tin might be fake. Make your own.

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      1 year ago

      DuckDuckGo is fine for some things, but if you want to do a search with a specific phrase in quotes, it doesn’t recognize it. I hate having to go back to Google for some searches, but sometimes it’s just better. I wish it wasn’t, but it is.

      DuckDuckGo’s image search also leaves a lot to be desired.

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        1 year ago

        You don’t need to do the quote thing in DDG. You can literally just search the quote, and maybe the domain it was hosted on. You will find what you’re looking for. DDG even has business profile widgets like google search does. I don’t even miss google search at all.

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          1 year ago

          I don’t think you understand what I’m talking about. I’m talking about a search phrase that is partially in quotes for an exact match and partially not for an inexact match. Google handles that, DDG does not.

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      1 year ago

      Start your own email server!! Download all of your favorite channels! Sub to your fav youtubers patreons! If you need music, use Spotify until you amass a collection of digital/physical music! Use FireFox! Google does not need to have any grip on our digital lifestyles.