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Google Search is losing its 'cached' web page feature (www.engadget.com)
submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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One of Google Search's oldest and best-known features, cache links, are being retired. Best known by the "Cached" button, those are a snapshot of a web page the last time Google indexed it. However, according to Google, they're no longer required.

"It was meant for helping people access pages when way back, you often couldn’t depend on a page loading,” Google's Danny Sullivan wrote. “These days, things have greatly improved. So, it was decided to retire it."

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[–] [email protected] 30 points 9 months ago (2 children)

I stopped using Google late last year and it's pretty eye opening how much freer I feel now. Previously, any searches I made would follow me around. Make a one time search for something I'd see that being advertised later on. As a result I started searching more using private browsing. I'd often forget though and end up being tracked.

Ultimately switching to Firefox and DuckDuckGo I no longer have to do private searches. No more being followed around the internet.

Also I'm not convinced private browsing works. For example I still use it for YouTube but I noticed despite YouTube not knowing who I am, the videos on the home page include some that are very related to my usual videos. I guess they are using IP's to still deliver relatable videos.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Private browsing keeps your computer from remembering things about what you did. It cannot keep other people’s computers from remembering everything about interacting with you.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

Indeed.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Yt doesn't know who you are, but it knows damn well who was last logging in from that PC/IP.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago

Same useragent and window size too.