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Microsoft CEO says unfair practices by Google led to its dominance as a search engine::Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella said Monday that unfair tactics used by Google led to its dominance as a search engine, tactics that in turn have thwarted his company's rival program, Bing. Nadella testified in a packed Washington, D.C., courtroom as part of the government's landmark antitrust trial against Google's parent company, Alphabet. The Justice Department alleges Google has abused the dominance of its ubiquitous search engine to throttle competition and innovation at the expense of consumers, allegations that echo a similar case brought against Microsoft in the late 1990s.

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

I think you mean Brave Browser—it has actually been in a lot of controversy recently. Shady features that replace a sites targeted ads with ones that pay Brave instead. CEO seems like a jerk too.

Proceed with caution if you’re thinking about using Brave.

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

No they are talking about the search engine.

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

Which one? DDG is free, and people keep mentioning a paid service.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Oh I must have skipped a line I thought they were talking about the brave search engine never mind.

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

I think it's DDG. I forget exactly, but i think I've read somewhere DGG has ties to Bing. Idk the specifics.

As for Brave, yeah. I agree. It's good to be wary. Unfortunately, not a lot of chromium-based alternatives. Linux has ungoogled chromium but security isn't that great either. It sucks, tbh.