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It's impressive how duckduckgo manages to be so much better than bing despite being a frontend for bing

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[–] [email protected] 256 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Oh my god that's amazing. Instructions on how to do what you're literally doing, dead internet theory is so correct. Instructions for robots by robots

[–] [email protected] 92 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (11 children)

Unpopular opinion: dead internet is not only real, but GOOD. Once robots get good enough to autonomously sign up for websites and make convincing posts, this will force us humans to go actually outside, make friends, form deep social relationship, and build lasting, resilient communities. Meanwhile on the internet, websites that are willing to allow AI content for money will eventually die out due to lack of actual users. The only remaining websites will be run by individuals and organizations with non-profit motives, and a strict human-only policy with verification based on word-of-mouth / invite system.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 days ago

Boooo, this is just diet accelerationism! Let me have genuine online connections in addition to my IRL ones.

[–] [email protected] 31 points 1 week ago (3 children)

The economy was always bots buying from other bots...

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[–] [email protected] 111 points 1 week ago (9 children)

Okay, totally off topic...what is it with this annoying trend of censoring a company/name with an asterisk when it's a subject of ire? It just bugs me - and not in a way that focuses my anger to Microsoft.

[–] [email protected] 53 points 1 week ago (23 children)

With stuff like Tesla and Twitter, it can keep away the weird nerds who search those terms in hopes of white-knight-sealioning a conversation into oblivion. I think it just became part of the lexicon.

[–] [email protected] 41 points 1 week ago (1 children)

The inverse of this is that people who filter out specific words in their feeds will be tricked into seeing it. You get to piss off 2 groups of people by doing it!

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[–] [email protected] 33 points 1 week ago (3 children)

I like the classic Usenet “Micro$oft.” Producers of Microshaft Wind-blows.

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[–] [email protected] 74 points 1 week ago (1 children)

And to add insult to injury...

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 days ago (1 children)

People are going to see this, so here's the answer.

Logitech's web UI is crap. See that tiny, unlabled triangle on the list on the left?

Click it and pick your OS version.

Then you get the download.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

...huh. TIL.

The last time I had to download the unifying software it was more obvious than that.

[–] [email protected] 56 points 1 week ago (7 children)

Is softonic actually malware or an unreliable repository that may contain malware? I’ve never actually clicked in lol

[–] [email protected] 67 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I unknowingly downloaded some software from there when I was a kid, and, from what I remember, it came bundled with some sort of update manager or something. Even if it's not outright malware, I would wager most people who are looking to download logitech's utility don't want some irrelevant third-party garbage on their system. So AT BEST it's crapware / bloatware

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[–] [email protected] 48 points 1 week ago (6 children)

How is Softonic still allowed to advertise it's literally Malware

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[–] [email protected] 42 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Softonic has to have made a deal with the SEO devil.

Non idea how their disgusting malware is always on top.

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[–] [email protected] 38 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Softonic be like every app you want we have it, even the non exist ones. But once you installed our apps you already have made a pact with the devil

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[–] [email protected] 33 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (3 children)

Wow reading through these comments makes me a little sad. Most people still don't know jack about search engines or how they differ under the hood, or eve just how to add them into your browser search bar. Looks like all the effort I put into that that simple search engine guide was in vain.

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[–] [email protected] 27 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Not to defend Bing in anyway, but I typed logitech unifying software and the first result is the download page on logitechs site.

I am not doubting you, but why is it so different for me? I see non of the ???? section, no ads, just a link at the top like you would expect.

What are you using or doing different?

[–] [email protected] 26 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Do you have uBlock or some similar ad blocker installed?

EDIT: I went and looked myself. I do have an ad-blocker installed. I don't see the ad. But I do see more noise than OP (desktop, Firefox):

  • There's a set of steps at the top left telling me to download and install the software, which is what OP was complaining about.

  • At the top right, there's a large, blue button with a link that guesses incorrectly that I want to know about Logitech Unifying Receiver Pairing, and just sends me to another Bing search.

  • Beneath that, there are a list of several questions that Microsoft incorrectly thinks I might be wanting to task and their answers.

  • Then there are two "Explore more" links linking me to pages describing how to pair with the software. One appears to link to "logi.com" with apparently is a Logitech business support page that links to the software, albeit only the Mac version, which I'd guess isn't what OP wanted.

  • Back on the left, I have what appears to be an AI spam question-answer site at thewindowsclub.com and another page on "how to unify" at robots.net.

  • Beneath that, I have a link to the Logitech download section. So it's in my top results and on my laptop, visible on the first screen of results, though beneath some not-really-desirable stuff.

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[–] [email protected] 27 points 1 week ago

still looks better than the average Google search

[–] [email protected] 26 points 1 week ago (4 children)

I would give startpage.com a shot i find it works even better than duckduckgo

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[–] [email protected] 25 points 1 week ago (8 children)

Borderline?

There's still DuckDuckGo, or Kagi if you are rich.

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[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 week ago

💸 Microsoft 🤑 got 💰 paid 🫰 so... they managed to come out ahead of this whole ordeal just fine.

The rest of us can go suck a bag of dicks for all they care.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 week ago

Hey now, that malware has paid to be the top result! Probably using the proceeds scammed out of somebody who downloaded it.

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