Ironically, we only originally started to use Google because they were different to the abysmal AOL / MSN / Lycos search engines.
It was quite pleasant to have a plain white screen without celebrity gossip splattered everywhere.
Now, Google ads in the search engine page are starting to proliferate and become annoying.
I started using Qwant as a I vaguely trust the French and it seems to work well for most things except mapping (rapid historic pitchfork activity has kept the French government in check).
Biting the hand that feeds IT
