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What are y'all searching for that Google search isn't working for you anymore? Like, genuinely, I'm baffled by this.
Torrents, modded apk's,...
Check out my results for some chinese download service called "Content Plaza" for example:
Google:
Yandex:
Like, 2? On the 'entire' internet? 2? Right...
Google straight up lies to me about movies an actor has been in, almost every time. “Wow, I had no idea Robert Downey Jr was in Mean Girls! Who did he play?” checks imdb “no he fuckin wasn’t wtf google” (this is an arbitrary example I just made up because I don’t feel like finding a real one right now)
That is a dumb feature that shouldn't be trusted.
I mean if they got it right it would be a handy feature lol, but yes it clearly can’t be trusted so I stopped bothering
Right. I just think it was overly ambitious. It's right just enough to earn trust and wrong just enough to burn you. I had a really, really dumb argument once because of that feature
Ah, yes, arbitrary examples. I can make those up too.
google claims Alan Tudyk is in Andor, he isn't
imdb for andor
imdb for alan tudyk
Is he not slated for season two? I thought that robot he voiced was going to be in it, I remember reading some article months ago though I admit I only have a passing interest in the show.
I see speculation but nothing solid. I think google is pulling from the rumors, which it really shouldn’t. If he is slated then that’s fine, let me know if you find anything
I don't actually care enough to go looking into it, I was just mentioning what I remember reading.
yes that’s why I made up an arbitrary example of something I had experienced firsthand
Me not caring enough to confirm if Alan Tudyk is going to be in the second season of a show I haven't even watched is not a good excuse for you to just make up shit to try to make a point.
you are spreading made up shit as we speak to prove your own point, and you’re very rude. you have reached a conclusion and think anyone who disagrees with you is either a liar or stupid. bye
I don't ever remember calling you a liar or stupid, but okay. Also not sure what made up thing I said, or what point I'm trying to prove. I kinda think we are having two completely different conversations.
oh okay, you wanna be like that
I use DDG and if the result is not what I'm looking for, I add !g to forward the query to Google.
80% of the times, I need to add !g because DDG is clueless.
I wish I could say otherwise but Google search results are still better overall than DDG.
Sure, for some specific thematics, DDG will do better. But that's for quite niche subjects.
Very surprised to see people talk about DDG like it's at the same level or better than Google.
I made the switch to DDG a few days ago and it actually is insane how much more relevant the information is compared to google.
The latest in hipster rants. apparently not easy to find on Google ;)