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I had no idea this issue had been identified. While I find this tool very useful, the project is seeming rather questionable to me now.

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[–] refalo@programming.dev 12 points 3 months ago (1 children)
[–] SatyrSack@lemmy.one 35 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Wtf is search engines and why is no one explaining it

[–] namingthingsiseasy@programming.dev 7 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Search engines are websites that people used to go to in order to get helpful information. These days, they just spam out a bunch of SEO garbage, AI-generated bullshit, and ads.

Google, probably

[–] KarnaSubarna@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

shh..it's a spyware and adware!