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> I don't even think this is accurate. Granted, there is something off about how the terms stall out in instant

There's no stalling, it's completely disabled and will not suggest anything until you type the entire word.

> In contrast, if you type out a sex term it quits instant and auto complete and never restarts them

So? How does that have anything to do with justifing blocking BitTorrent terms? If I type "install bitt[orrent]" or "install ut[orrent]", I get no suggestions as it is clearly blocked.



I would guess people are searching "bittorrent [copyright material]" and someone has had their lawyers shout at google for it, because it could be seen as prompting users into pirating. Like "torrent li[nkin park]" might have got them in trouble because before the person was just searching "torrent li[nux]" so now a user who wants a legit torrent for linux is being told oh hey you can pirate linkin park albums too!

(I don't agree that this is right, but it seems the sensible explanation to me)


Er, sorry, accidental downmod from 4 to 3, intended upmod to 5.


It's rather obviously not "completely disabled" if I can type "bittorrent" and then get auto-suggestions.


By completely, I mean there's no suggestions whatsoever, and I said "until you type the entire word".


You don't get to redefine the definition of "completely" just to make your argument sound better.


Suggestions are completely disabled while typing the blocked words. If I said partially, that would imply that suggestions are still given while typing the blocked words, excluding the blocked word itself.




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