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   pistolero :thispersondoesnotexist: (p@freespeechextremist.com)'s status on Friday, 29-Dec-2023 23:36:43 JST pistolero :thispersondoesnotexist:

   • iced depresso
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   @lunarised @icedquinn @jeru @karolat @newt
   
   > also wraps word semantics
   
   I think basically everyone does that, but DDG doesn't seem to if you use quotes. Google started treating quotes as advisory ~10 years ago.
   
   > And i wonder if the tech they are using implicitly uses google?...
   
   People type "!g" more often than they type "!b", probably. Google likely pays them for this; you saw that leak of how much they're paying Apple to remain the default search engine in Safari and Mobile Safari?
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     pistolero :thispersondoesnotexist: (p@freespeechextremist.com)'s status on Saturday, 30-Dec-2023 00:00:55 JST pistolero :thispersondoesnotexist:

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     @moesha @icedquinn @karolat @lunarised @newt
     
     > but it may mix non exact matches too
     
     This is what that means: it treats them as advisory. It shows you results that do not include the exact thing in quotes.
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     moesha (moesha@yuga.surf)'s status on Saturday, 30-Dec-2023 00:00:56 JST moesha

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     @p @icedquinn @karolat @newt @lunarised
     
     >Google started treating quotes as advisory ~10 years ago.
     It still treats them literally (use it all the time) but it may mix non exact matches too (usually specifies when they do)
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     The MILF Messiah (lunarised@whinge.town)'s status on Saturday, 30-Dec-2023 00:01:25 JST The MILF Messiah

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     @p @icedquinn @jeru @karolat @newt I have not. If it's more that $5.20 I'm disappointed
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     pistolero :thispersondoesnotexist: (p@freespeechextremist.com)'s status on Saturday, 30-Dec-2023 00:06:29 JST pistolero :thispersondoesnotexist:

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     @lunarised @icedquinn @jeru @karolat @newt
     
     > If it's more that $5.20 I'm disappointed
     
     It was 36% of Google's advertising revenue from Safari searches. $18 billion in 2021. In total, Google paid $26.3 billion that year, so Firefox's cut would be $8.3 billion at most.
     
     https://www.theverge.com/2023/11/13/23959353/google-apple-safari-search-revenue-antitrust-trial
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     @p @icedquinn @jeru @karolat @newt those numbers are so big, it does
     doesn't even mean anything anymore
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     pistolero :thispersondoesnotexist: (p@freespeechextremist.com)'s status on Saturday, 30-Dec-2023 00:59:39 JST pistolero :thispersondoesnotexist:

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     @lunarised @icedquinn @jeru @karolat @newt Well, it is larger than a 1.6 bits and a fiver.