Kinda morbidly fascinating to see Google devolve into a horrible bucket of shit

  • LegionEris [she/her]
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    Yeah, whole different browser for actual privacy. Incognito mode is so weird shit doesn’t get suggested forever because you looked it up once.

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      Once upon a time you wanted to know Dolly Parton’s age. We’ve now decided you’re a country music fan!

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        I’m actually a huge fan of country music. But because I listen to mostly lesbian country, the algorithms don’t shuffle me country music content. They only show me gay music. If they’re lesbians, the robots are gonna tell me about them. If they make brand new old time songs, I gotta find them by social media association with other artists I enjoy.

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        For some reason targeted amazon ads think I’m in the building trades and keep pushing weird tools and supplies at me. My skills stop at replacing electrical outlets.

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      Incognito mode is so weird shit doesn’t get suggested forever because you looked it up once.

      This is what I use it for primarily. When I watch a show, I like to see what other shows actors are in. Apparently Google thinks that means I want news about Kanye, the Kardashians, Beyonce, etc. So now whenever I look up an actor’s name, I use incognito.

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          Tbh, I hate imdb’s UI. I will avoid it if possible. It’s so tiny on my phone, and the text is even smaller, everything is way off to the side with tons of wasted space, and I don’t like how if I click on something they were in and then go back, it loses my place.

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            I use the app. The mobile browser version used to be pretty good, but then they bailed on functional and design parity between versions, which always seems to doom one version. I use it often enough that it’s more than worth the space on my phone. If we’re in a movies phase, I’ll use it daily.