The man who killed Google Search?

Thinking about search ads over time, I had forgotten how ads were clearly marked in a blue box way back when.

Now I just don’t see them at all!

I recently tried Kagi search (kagi.com) just to see what it was all about, and was instantly shocked at how different it felt, and that difference was mostly due to the complete absence of ads. It made me want to subscribe immediately.

Friend! Get thee to https://ublockorigin.com/ ! You can thank me later!

Get it until the Manifesto V3.

There's a simple solution to that: stop using Chrome. It is beyond me why so many people still use a web browser made by a company that wants nothing more than to track you and serve you ads. It's maybe excusable or at least understandable that so many average, non-technical users are still on Chrome, but anyone who knows anything about technology? Shame.

(Yes, I know, some people actually need to use Chrome for whatever reason, but the vast majority of people who use it, do not actually need it, and would be fine using Firefox.)

This does not fix poor content thrown in disguise of search results.

People use it because web devs force them to use it

This is how you get more spam masquerading as content. Ad blockers are useful but with billions of dollars on the line it’s not stable unless you switch to a company with a different business model.

Good luck using Teams or Meet on a non-chrome browser.