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beowulfey
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When did Google do this?
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tomcam
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At least five years ago. Drives me crazy.
chongli
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It’s their M.O. Relentlessly cut “power user” features. Relentlessly undermine the user’s wishes and redirect the user to Google’s preferred results.
I don’t know why we continue to put up with it. Boiling frogs I guess.
varispeed
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Google used to be the best site to find illegal content. Probably that's why they removed those "power user" features.
intelVISA
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The more direct their search the less opporunity to data mine, upsell you, or otherwise abuse your experience.
hutzlibu
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Because changing habits and routines costs energy and we don't like that.
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