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[-] lipilee@feddit.nl 3 points 11 months ago

Honestly, that's actually smart and nobody is hurt here. Google by now is as shit as Bing, so there's nothing wrong with using B instead of G. Let them downvotes come :)

[-] Buffalox@lemmy.world 35 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Misleading users is definitely harmful. Since this is obviously done on purpose, I'd say it's malicious.

[-] lipilee@feddit.nl 15 points 11 months ago

yeah, you're right, actually. if I have to fit this somewhere in my framework of things, it'd fall in the "dark pattern" box. so per definition it's actually malicious.

[-] lowleveldata@programming.dev 4 points 11 months ago

It's malicious and I like it. What's more entertaining than watching giants fight?

[-] Hossenfeffer@feddit.uk 5 points 11 months ago

Is Google really as shit as Bing? I had to Ask Jeeves to confirm that.

[-] Taleya@aussie.zone 3 points 11 months ago

Dogpile and save time

[-] lipilee@feddit.nl 1 points 11 months ago

I'll InfoSeek the answer for you :)

[-] spongebue@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago
[-] ivanafterall@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago
[-] DoucheBagMcSwag@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)
[-] madcaesar@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago

Honestly G might be worse than B at this point

[-] Mwa@lemm.ee 1 points 11 months ago

and yet Network Service still makes people use Google + ddg has better search quality

[-] dance_ninja@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

I see this as an action intended to trick users.

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