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Re: Every Google result now looks like an ad

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Post by woodrowbarlow »

ryanmercer wrote: post #56
have_faith wrote: post #27

I noticed this on a co-workers screen recently and my immediate thought was "what dodgy search extensions have they been installing?". Now that it's on my results as well I can't help but strongly dislike the change for some reason. The icons are both very small and very distracting at the same time and don't aid in adding authority or any important meta information about the site. The changes seem to have added enou…

>I noticed this on a co-workers screen recently and my immediate thought was "what dodgy search extensions have they been installing?". My legit first reaction when I saw it last week on my daily driver was "I wonder what extension is trying to cash out".

(tangent) i really hate what browser extensions have become.

Re: Every Google result now looks like an ad

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Post by thrwn_frthr_awy »

SquareWheel wrote: post #104
thrwn_frthr_awy wrote: post #97

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Do you work at Google? All of these comments when defending Google or Facebook are almost always from employees. I could be wrong...

No, but I wish I did. Shillcusations aren't very nice by the way. You seemed earnest about it, but usually they're used to lazily discredit somebody without any proof.

I did and I'm sorry about that. I shouldn't have treated you that way. I do think internal corporate propaganda is a real thing from FAANG employees on HN whether intentional or not, but how I commented isn't the way to handle it.

Re: Every Google result now looks like an ad

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Post by rolph »

verroq wrote: post #93
jaywalk wrote: post #65

Earlier quoted context omitted.

They absolutely did not. But even if that were true, how does that excuse this awful behavior?

Well clearly they built it so they own it. So if you don’t like it, it’s their way or the highway!

google did NOT build the web.

too bad you cant talk to Berners-lee and the original DARPA crew about this

Re: Every Google result now looks like an ad

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Post by coldcode »

thrower123 wrote: post #50

It's pretty simple to just use UBlock Origin. Firstly, I don't usually see any of the doubleclick ad results, because they get filtered out, and secondly, if I do click on them, it redirects you to a warning page first. Friends don't let friends use the internet without an adblocker.

Adblockers are mostly useless, companies pay them to whitelist and the browsers manufacturers (other than the little guys) seem more inclined to make it less functional. I try at home to use a hosts file (ie a manual pihole) but it breaks so many websites I can't find some combo that blocks ads but doesn't break functionality (I still can't comment on reddit any more).

With Google putting ads inline coming from them it gets really hard to filter without causing even more issues (and most people use Chrome so they can figure out things out from both ends).

Re: Every Google result now looks like an ad

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Post by toastercat »

mrkstu wrote: post #39

Any CSS wizards that could come up with user injected CSS that would move or highlight ads appropriately? Is GreaseMonkey the best for that, or is there a nice lightweight alternative more fit to purpose?

Here's some userstyles I made for myself to help get rid of some of the visual clutter. I use it combined with uBlock Origin though, so it's likely not perfect. I use the Stylus extension for Firefox.

https://gist.github.com/keb/8a51c42daeb4c230e7f76664e62f9f42

Re: Every Google result now looks like an ad

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Post by jariel »

pb7 wrote: post #20
numpad0 wrote: post #17

Earlier quoted context omitted.

They cared not to be evil back then. Now they say they do the right thing, and “right” is subjective.

Evil is also subjective.

"Evil is also subjective."

Yes, it's 'evil' when you're a poor disruptive startup trying to change how ads work, it's 'not evil' when you're a behemoth incumbent trying to maximise revenues.

Re: Every Google result now looks like an ad

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Post by rolph »

SquareWheel wrote: post #67
pmlnr wrote: post #61

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read. more. tech. history. You have no idea how furious your comment made me.

They've built browsers, standards, protocols, libraries, and frameworks for the web. They've contributed more to the web than probably any company outside of CERN.

in other words they carry and deserve the blame for sabotage of the web toward thier own end
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