"Kids Can't Use Computers" is now ten years old, and it's only gotten worsewww.coding2learn.org Riley ( @koncertejo@lemmy.ml ) Technology@lemmy.ml • 1 year ago message-square56fedilinkarrow-up191
arrow-up191external-link"Kids Can't Use Computers" is now ten years old, and it's only gotten worsewww.coding2learn.org Riley ( @koncertejo@lemmy.ml ) Technology@lemmy.ml • 1 year ago message-square56fedilink
minus-square queermunist she/her ( @queermunist@lemmy.ml ) linkfedilink0•1 year agoGood thing search engines are optimized for advertising instead of utility!
minus-square shortwavesurfer ( @shortwavesurfer@monero.town ) linkfedilink0•1 year agoI use searx and DNS level adblocking. Online ads are almost a completely foreign concept for me as 99.9% of the time they just never even load.
minus-square queermunist she/her ( @queermunist@lemmy.ml ) linkfedilink0•1 year agoI remember when Google used to be perfectly functional as long as you knew the right search tools. Now it thinks it knows what I’m searching for better than I do, and that almost always means pointing me towards something someone paid for lol
Good thing search engines are optimized for advertising instead of utility!
I use searx and DNS level adblocking. Online ads are almost a completely foreign concept for me as 99.9% of the time they just never even load.
I remember when Google used to be perfectly functional as long as you knew the right search tools. Now it thinks it knows what I’m searching for better than I do, and that almost always means pointing me towards something someone paid for lol