[jjcon]

> That is literally the entire point of a search engine!

There is obviously a difference between censoring to push a political agenda and sorting results by relevancy based on a deterministic algorithm

> If you don't like the results you get, switch search engines

I think putting pressure on the existing DOJ antitrust case against google is a better alternative

[silexia]

Would you want the government to force you to host unsavory characters in your home that you disliked?

That is what you are asking the government to force Google to do.

If Google is doing something bad, then customers will switch to Bing or DuckDuckGo or one of many other options. If the government does something bad, you are out of luck. Don't rely on the government or it will become powerful enough to one day take something you love. It's better to rely on the free market to surface the best options.

[jjcon]

> Would you want the government to force you to host unsavory characters in your home that you disliked? That is what you are asking the government to force Google to do.

By supporting the antitrust case against google I am asking the government to force people to put unsavory characters in their homes?

I’m sorry that just doesn’t track... at all.

I do support the free market, and to have that we the people have opted to prevent megacorps from stifling competition and wielding their powers unjustly.

[yjftsjthsd-h]

> Would you want the government to force you to host unsavory characters in your home that you disliked?

Google is a company, not a private residence. The government has a long history of forcing companies to host people that those companies would rather not (it is illegal, for instance, to refuse to rent to hispanics, even if you've decided that they're unsavory).