• @Rodeo@lemmy.ca
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    221 year ago

    Ddg has really gone downhill lately too. They’ve started injecting ads for local businesses that are completely unrelated to the search terms. Like not even a single word in common. And they serve them as regular search results so you can’t even block them.

    Actually now that I’m thinking about it, I actually haven’t seen those in a month or two …

    • @QuaternionsRock@lemmy.world
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      51 year ago

      There’s also so much Microsoft crap now. Why do all news articles and videos send you to Microsoft Start or whatever it’s called?

    • @MajorHavoc@lemmy.world
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      21 year ago

      Heh. I VPN enough that had not noticed the local business ads, as of yet.

      On the non-targeted ads, I always figure if the business is dumb enough to pay for such a poor quality match, to subsidize a tool I like using, then that’s a win for everybody.