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This is a mobile screenshot of Qwant, a shitty search engine likely made by GPT-1. In front of the search results, a pop-up states "Advertising keeps us free, so play the game! Qwant offers a free search engine that respects your privacy. By blocking ads, you're blocking our revenue stream. To keep the service free, please disable your ad blocker!" Now I see why France doesn't seem to have a prominent tech industry...

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This is a mobile screenshot of Qwant, a shitty search engine likely made by GPT-1. In front of the search results, a pop-up states "Advertising keeps us free, so play the game! Qwant offers a free search engine that respects your privacy. By blocking ads, you're blocking our revenue stream. To keep the service free, please disable your ad blocker!" Now I see why France doesn't seem to have a prominent tech industry...
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Poppy Farbird (Pen Name) (limepeep@kitty.social)'s status on Thursday, 25-Jan-2024 03:27:56 JST Poppy Farbird (Pen Name)

Ah, yes, you may not respect my right not to be monetized in one way (aka I shouldn't have to listen to useless information) but I'm sure that you'll definitely respect my right not to be monetized in another way (by respecting my privacy). :neofox_angry:

This company is a fucking joke. You'd think if they actually cared about privacy, they'd be fine with others using one of the best ways to enforce it, but no. They're just another company, after all.

In conversation Thursday, 25-Jan-2024 03:27:56 JST from kitty.social permalink