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What if we all started clicking on every ad on every spam page? Would they eventually get kicked off all the ad platforms for fraud? The only reason why Google and Facebook work is because their algorithms believe that we only click on the ads that we're interested in. If we click on every single ad, we will completely break their system within 3-6 months.
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>Now that SERP spam is no longer a serious issue (in Google's eyes anyway) Given the number of clones of StackOverflow and GitHub that show up on the front page, even at the cost of replacing the original SO and GH links that they copied from, I can only assume either Google's eyes are blind or the search engine devs are so good at their job that they never need to Google anything themselves.
I'd be surprised if Googlers don't have an internal tool to filter out the crap that only they can use.
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30733227
TL;DR: No.
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I've been using Kagi for the past couple months (and love it so far!), but whenever I open a private browsing window, I revert back to DDG. Even though you say you don't associate search queries with accounts, it's hard for me to get over the "mental hump" to truly feel that in my bones and feel comfortable entering a "private" query while being signed in. I know it's not entirely rational. I mean, maybe it is a litt…
Thank you! Your concern is shared by many users and realistically speaking there is not much we can do, but hope to survive long enough to build trust. It is somewhat ironic that the only business model that has hope of not being interested in private information, does require an account. While there is nothing inherently bad with accounts, all the other services we are competing with, that have been exploiting user…
For now private mode has no ads, but sadly, it might only be monetizable with private ads in the future, similar to DDG..
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I'm hoping they figure out an easy way to let users charge this as a business expense (maybe an annual subscription?) For programming it's as valuable to me as a good editor plugin!
Curious what do you have in mind? Every subscription can be expensed as a business expense, does not need to be annual?
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Curious what do you have in mind? Every subscription can be expensed as a business expense, does not need to be annual?
My employer provides an annual fund for work related software, books, etc. But each charge requires me to file a form and get a human approval. Doing this once a year would be easier than once a month.
For the same reason that streaming services don't really give you the ability to filter by cast/crew or hide stuff you've already seen: to gently guide you into avenues that are more profitable for them, regardless of what you say you really want.
Prime Video has an option where I can hide specific movies and seasons of series. I use this feature a lot, and it works.
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I've been using Kagi for the past couple months (and love it so far!), but whenever I open a private browsing window, I revert back to DDG. Even though you say you don't associate search queries with accounts, it's hard for me to get over the "mental hump" to truly feel that in my bones and feel comfortable entering a "private" query while being signed in. I know it's not entirely rational. I mean, maybe it is a litt…
Thank you! Your concern is shared by many users and realistically speaking there is not much we can do, but hope to survive long enough to build trust. It is somewhat ironic that the only business model that has hope of not being interested in private information, does require an account. While there is nothing inherently bad with accounts, all the other services we are competing with, that have been exploiting user…
I'd suggest a warrant canary. It's better than nothing.