• Polar@lemmy.ca
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    1 year ago

    All browsers make it easy. In fact, Chrome on Android is quicker.

    Settings > Search Engine > and select which one you want.

    Currently you can pick between;

    • Google
    • Yahoo
    • Bing
    • DuckDuckGo
    • Ecosia

    That’s not the point at all.

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      1 year ago

      The point is MOST users don’t change it or even know how. I seriously doubt anyone in my family would even know that it is possible, know that there are other search engines, or that Google knowing everything about their searches is not a good thing. And yes they all use Facebook too.🤦‍♂️

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        1 year ago

        I think the tech community should come to the realization that most people (no, not in your immediate circle which is mostly tech) don’t want choice; they want ease of use, which means guidance.

        Why would a person, who can’t differentiate between google, a web browser, an app, or even the internet, want to change their device settings on their own which requires 10 clicks when their experience can be configured by zero clicks by a mega corp? This is a systemic issue in our society and needs to be corrected at school level in some sort of “Social media awareness/IT class”.

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          1 year ago

          I agree completely. The biggest issue is it requires critical thinking which is unfortunately not a common skill. Maybe this is one of the first things that needs correcting.

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        1 year ago

        Yeah, it’s easy. I recently changed to Kagi. Just had to do a search using Kagi first, then open settings and it was there.

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        1 year ago

        That’s a bit more difficult. It doesn’t allow you to manually type in the address so you need to keep visiting it until Google recognizes that it’s a search engine.