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1. Ars Technica (arstechnica@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 13-Sep-2023 04:02:38 JST Ars Technica

   Judge in US v. Google trial didn’t know if Firefox is a browser or search engine

   Google accused DOJ of aiming to force people to use “inferior” search products.

   https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/09/judge-in-us-v-google-trial-didnt-know-if-firefox-is-a-browser-or-search-engine/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

   • Spicewalla (spicewalla@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 13-Sep-2023 04:13:49 JST Spicewalla

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     @arstechnica

     They ought to be happy about that then, because google has been getting more inferior by the year.

   • rticks (rticks@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 13-Sep-2023 04:17:13 JST rticks

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     @arstechnica

     Ghoulgul is no longer superior at anything but spam

   • Todd (whatstheruckus@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 13-Sep-2023 04:22:22 JST Todd

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     @arstechnica The judge having to clarify whether Firefox is a search engine or a web browser sparked a 5 minute conversation with my wife.

     She, too, asked me to clarify what Firefox is. She was surprised it was not a browser-search engine hybrid. She argues that on the whole - this judge included - people don't think about their choice of browsers or search engines or the distinction between them. It's background noise.

   • Corb_The_Lesser (corb_the_lesser@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 13-Sep-2023 06:20:56 JST Corb_The_Lesser

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     @arstechnica Has anyone at Google used Google to search in the last couple of months?

   • sokkemane (sokkemane@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 13-Sep-2023 15:58:42 JST sokkemane

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     @arstechnica google is inferior to duckduckgo. the former answers my queries with 3 pages of seo optimized blogs and ads, the latter gives me what I am looking for.