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minus-squaresugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoAre you expecting a browser to filter search results for you? The blame should go to the search engine, and you should be using an ad blocker to boot.
minus-squareamio@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-21 year agoNo, not sure how you jumped to that conclusion. It’s the front page you can’t get rid of, of the browser that keeps reenabling itself, so I’ll keep blaming that, thanks.
minus-squaresugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-21 year agoHuh, I’ve never actually used Edge, so I assumed you were talking about Bing search results, since you said Bing served your grandmother ads.
minus-squareamio@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up3·edit-21 year agoShit, I just noticed, that is what I said. And here I’m being all sassy. My bad - I did mean Edge of course. (Edge really is fucking awful though, so you’re lucky, I guess)
minus-squareHughJanus@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoYou’re conflating search results with ads
minus-squaresugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoGoogle and Bing do as well.
minus-squareHughJanus@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoSure but the person you replied to did not
Are you expecting a browser to filter search results for you? The blame should go to the search engine, and you should be using an ad blocker to boot.
No, not sure how you jumped to that conclusion.
It’s the front page you can’t get rid of, of the browser that keeps reenabling itself, so I’ll keep blaming that, thanks.
Huh, I’ve never actually used Edge, so I assumed you were talking about Bing search results, since you said Bing served your grandmother ads.
Shit, I just noticed, that is what I said. And here I’m being all sassy. My bad - I did mean Edge of course.
(Edge really is fucking awful though, so you’re lucky, I guess)
You’re conflating search results with ads
Google and Bing do as well.
Sure but the person you replied to did not