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I hate how accurate this is

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[–] JokeDeity@lemm.ee 1 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I'm not joking one bit when I say my Google results were several times more accurate 10 years ago, maybe even 15. Using Google is a chore now. Sketchy SEO is a major reason I hate searching for anything on the Internet these days, but ads and fake content made it downright miserable.

[–] NotYourSocialWorker@feddit.nu 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

It doesn't help that Google tries to guess what you actually wanted to search for.

[–] JokeDeity@lemm.ee 1 points 2 years ago

More and more often I find myself clicking on my original text because Google decided it knows better than I do what I'm looking for.

[–] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I wonder if we need to abandon the internet as it currently exists as a whole and start over from first principles and license all the software in such a way that prevents shareholders from profiting. After religion, that's the main thing ruining global society at the moment, is shareholder profits.

[–] SlikPikker@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 years ago

What you want is called "ending capitalism"

[–] WhoRoger@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

Lemmy: I don't know, but I wouldn't trust any bike helmet that I can't compile myself from source. It's best to just stay home behind (real) firewalls so the Big Bike doesn't target you for your striped Linux socks.

[–] insomniac@sh.itjust.works 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

And the amazon result is some unknown Chinese brand with 5,000 suspicious 5 star reviews

[–] chase_what_matters@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Amazon is a gigantic garage sale/garbage pile now.

[–] sci@feddit.nl 1 points 2 years ago

always has been