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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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[โ€“] namingthingsiseasy@programming.dev 7 points 1 month 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

[โ€“] KarnaSubarna@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

shh..it's a spyware and adware!