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@Timely_Jellyfish_2077@programming.dev to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 2 years ago

Google paid a whopping $26.3 billion in 2021 to be the default search engine everywhere

www.theverge.com

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Google paid a whopping $26.3 billion in 2021 to be the default search engine everywhere

www.theverge.com

@Timely_Jellyfish_2077@programming.dev to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 2 years ago
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Default search status doesn’t come cheap, but it’s worth it to Google.
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    Which defaults to Bing, to whom ddg sends all your queries. I use ddg.

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        https://cyberguy.com/privacy/duckduckgo-privacy-browser-caught-sending-tracking-data-to-microsoft/

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            IYour article says since August, 2022. Thanks for the update.

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                That probably wasn’t the original source where I read it. I think it was some privacy or security blog, it seems they’d tested a bunch of browsers. It was posted at the place that shan’t be named a while ago.

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                    No worries, I’m having mine, now. With gin!

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