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by maxhq 3323 days ago
I couldn't agree more - one search engine is a terrible thing. But for other reasons. It's amazing to see how in other areas people complain about monopolies but when it comes to our window to the digital world, most of us seem to be fine with it. One US monopoly that dictates what should be important for us, filters what we see based on secret algorithms, forces us to "optimize" our websites in this and that way along their "standards". Google has good technology but we should wake up and see they are not the altruists they like to tell everyone.