[inakarmacoma]

Most of these statements are just patently false, right? It's the top comment on HN, but I'm pretty I've successfully used all of the features mentioned in the just month with no issue at all. I don't understand how these are getting rated so highly?

[iagovar]

Because it happens to people? It happens to me, that's why I have a bookmark folder with a bunch of search engines. Do you think that I'll put that much effort on searching in several engines if it wasn't because it happend to me time and time again.

[skinkestek]

It is sadly very true. See my comment here or what a lit of others write: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26926309

Also I'd like to know what I should do to get your experience.

[8note]

Likely there's some a/b testing and google has decided that you're more profitable without access to those tools

[skinkestek]

But on different machines, under different accounts, logged in or logged out?

Maybe.

> google has decided that you're more profitable without access to those tools

Well for any googlers here: this among other things is why you only see a fraction of my queries compared to before: I actively avoid Google now.

[qyi]

It's been happening since before 2010, but sure.