Something I noticed with google set as default search
You hand-type a URL. You don't always get the URL.
Google doesn't give you the URL. It gives you their "search results" of the URL
which sometimes doesn't contain the actual URL.
I use Firefox with separate URL---search bars set.
(Settings > Search > Add search bar in toolbar)
Right now I use metacrawler as my default search.
(You will need the addon "Add custom search engine" for Firefox to install metacrawler as default)
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You will need a search URL like https://www.metacrawler.com/search?q=%s
or https://www.metacrawler.com/serp?q=%s to install metacrawler as a custom search engine
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metacrawler works best with the addon uBlockOrigin (add blocker) installed
My friend still uses Google and I brought up that there are competitors to YouTube that people are using for their content. Rumble and Bitchute.
When he searched for Bitchute, Chrome have him a warning: "there may be dangerous or disturbing information here.
First thing that he sees and comments about: "making children wear masks is dangerous."
He TOTALLY masks up his kids and he works as a psychiatrist. He's still stuck in one of the greatest psyops ever.
Chrome browser is fucking google
duckduckgo search is fucking Microsoft Bing in disguise
I realize that Firefox also has political issues,
but it's the best overall that I have found.
For an OS I like UbuntuMATE (so far)
I like 'synaptic' for my package manager.
I've enjoyed the Brave browser with Qwant!
Thanks for the Ubuntu suggestion!
Back in 1995 two major competing packages systems started,
.deb (Debian) and .rpm (Redhat)
IMO the ,deb did better dependency checking and seemed to do a cleaner package removal.
To be honest I haven't kept up with a lot of the new stuff.
The .deb repositories seem to lead in the number of packages. Many distros use .deb packages, probably the majority of them, including the Ubuntu family.
No closet s for that kike.