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Re: Google.com partially dangerous

#11

Post by oolongCat »

I really really dislike this. Why does google get to decide which websites are good and which are not. Unless someone subscribes to this service google should do what it does best, search.

One day they decide everyone should be mobile friendly, the next day they decide which sites are bad and which are not, what more?

Every single day, google is giving me more reason to use alternative search engines.

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#16

Post by d_theorist »

oolongCat wrote: post #11

I really really dislike this. Why does google get to decide which websites are good and which are not. Unless someone subscribes to this service google should do what it does best, search. One day they decide everyone should be mobile friendly, the next day they decide which sites are bad and which are not, what more? Every single day, google is giving me more reason to use alternative search engines.

Nobody is being forced to any attention to their pronouncements. The only reason they are of any relevance is that a lot of people freely choose to use services and software that incorporate them.

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#17

Post by jeffjose »

oolongCat wrote: post #11

I really really dislike this. Why does google get to decide which websites are good and which are not. Unless someone subscribes to this service google should do what it does best, search. One day they decide everyone should be mobile friendly, the next day they decide which sites are bad and which are not, what more? Every single day, google is giving me more reason to use alternative search engines.

Google is entitled to their opinion. Its upto users to see whether they want to consume that opinion or not.

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#18

Post by piyush_soni »

oolongCat wrote: post #11

I really really dislike this. Why does google get to decide which websites are good and which are not. Unless someone subscribes to this service google should do what it does best, search. One day they decide everyone should be mobile friendly, the next day they decide which sites are bad and which are not, what more? Every single day, google is giving me more reason to use alternative search engines.

You dislike it just because you dislike it. Your argument is as good (/bad?) as saying "Why does government get to make laws and decide what's good and what's bad?" In any society, we have some basic rules of 'good' and 'bad', and it's totally ok to test a website on those measures. Like a website secretively installing malware on your machine is bad. In a parallel world, that might be a good thing.

Re: Google.com partially dangerous

#19

Post by shawabawa3 »

maze-le wrote: post #7

> Attackers on this site might try to trick you to download software or steal your information Thats an awful description of googles business model, but partly true...

Well I tried to download chrome yesterday, and you STILL get www.downloadchromenow.com and other spam site adverts at the top of the results, which absolutely serve malware/spyware

Until they sort out their ads it's true, it is a dangerous site

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