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nitwit005 54 days ago | parent | context | favorite | on: DuckDuckGo search saw 28% more visits after Google...

> It's fast, free, not yet cluttered with ads

That was essentially how people praised Google in their early days. It certainly has ads now.

felooboolooomba 54 days ago [–]

Not only does it have ads, they intentionally vandalized their engine so you'd give them more clicks.

https://www.wheresyoured.at/the-men-who-killed-google/

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