That is the point. Everyone deserves a choice.
Kev is correct. Google is a more capable search engine. It's impossible to argue against that. But you might only need that kind of precision if you are a business. As a common user, I find DuckDuckGo serves me just fine. And I have chosen to embrace the privacy that comes with that.
And given that SMC uses Google as their search engine, I will guarantee you that statement now exists on Google's servers. FOR. EVER.
My problem with the tracking and free advertising: If I'm looking to buy a gift for the wife (for example), every single thing I clicked on in my search becomes an advertisement that shows up on every phone and computer in the house. And everyone else's phone that comes in the house and hits my wifi. If I'm surprise gift shopping, the TOR browser and DDgo is the only way the to keep it a surprise. And even then, all you can do is LOOK, you can't BUY, because your apparent IP address won't match your actual address...
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ELEVEN - rotary cutter tool machines
FOUR - CO2 lasers
THREE- make that FOUR now - fiber lasers
ONE - vinyl cutter
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So don't track the IP address, but track the device? (from Googles perspective).
How about don't track anything.
It's incredibly stupid how often I buy something and then have to put up with weeks of offers to buy it again.
Well Frank, many of the ads are kind of interesting. As Kev says, what gets bought online shows up as advertising. As Dave says, they keep trying to sell people what they already bought.
My wife does most of the online buying. Swimsuits, underwear and other such stuff. It is kind of embarrassing reading the funnies in the morning after she has been on a shopping spree.
jtk
"A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty."
- Sir Winston Churchill (1874-1965)
So, perhaps, most would agree, 20ish years in, the internet is stupid.
What frightens me, is down the road, when it's not stupid.
Now is the time to put the reins on.
I think the internet is neither smart nor stupid. The uses to which people put it on the other hand ........
For search engine, have a look at Startpage. I tried DuckDuckGo and prefer Startpage. I also use the Noscript add-on, available only for Firefox AFAIK. Nearly every web site has google scripts running on it. Hmmm I wonder how Google knows what web sites I've visited and what I looked at? Noscript is a pain to set up initially but once it know what to permit to run and what not to permit, it's pretty transparent.
From Google support, what really happens with Chrome Incognito. Bottom line, only local history, cookies, etc are dumped.
What happens when you browse privately
- Chrome won't save your browsing history, cookies and site data, or information entered in forms.
- Files you download and bookmarks you create will be kept.
- Your activity isn’t hidden from websites you visit, your employer or school, or your internet service provider.
Brian
"Any intelligent fool can make things bigger or more complicated...it takes a touch of genius and a lot of courage to move in the opposite direction." - E.F. Schumacher
Google tracks you, and stores whatever data about you they can find, they have been smoozing with government spy agencies so I consider them evil, so I use www.duckduckgo.com , or www.startpage.com , while Apple is no angel, I'll take them over any google product.
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