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minus-squareamio@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up14arrow-down2·edit-21 year agoEdge* is fucking shitty, to boot. It keeps serving my grandma fucking scam ads, how in the ever-loving motherfuck is that a thing in an official Microsoft browser?
minus-squaresugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 year agoAre you expecting a browser to filter search results for you? The blame should go to the search engine, and you should be using an ad blocker to boot.
minus-squareamio@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·edit-21 year ago[sass-reduced because having written the wrong damn thing, it’s my fault]
minus-squaresugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-21 year agoHuh, I’ve never actually used Edge, so I assumed you were talking about Bing search results, since you said Bing served your grandmother ads.
minus-squareamio@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up3·edit-21 year agoShit, I just noticed, that is what I said. And here I’m being all sassy. My bad - I did mean Edge of course. (Edge really is fucking awful though, so you’re lucky, I guess)
minus-squareHughJanuslinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·1 year agoYou’re conflating search results with ads
minus-squaresugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 year agoGoogle and Bing do as well.
minus-squareHughJanuslinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·1 year agoSure but the person you replied to did not
Edge* is fucking shitty, to boot. It keeps serving my grandma fucking scam ads, how in the ever-loving motherfuck is that a thing in an official Microsoft browser?
Are you expecting a browser to filter search results for you? The blame should go to the search engine, and you should be using an ad blocker to boot.
[sass-reduced because having written the wrong damn thing, it’s my fault]
Huh, I’ve never actually used Edge, so I assumed you were talking about Bing search results, since you said Bing served your grandmother ads.
Shit, I just noticed, that is what I said. And here I’m being all sassy. My bad - I did mean Edge of course.
(Edge really is fucking awful though, so you’re lucky, I guess)
You’re conflating search results with ads
Google and Bing do as well.
Sure but the person you replied to did not
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