Itâs funny how both Google and Facebook uses Snopes as their âexpertâ fact checker in labeling news articles as being false, yet (at least in the case of Facebook) when you challenge them with actual proof, they just point you to Snopes âofficialâ opinion and remind you that posting âfake newsâ may result in suspension.
I actually use it and itâs pretty good. You can customize it so you only see the sources you want. Occasionally, a NYT article will get snuck in based upon my interests. Sometimes I read those but most of the time I dismiss them. I get ZeroHedge, Breitbart, Fox (for breaking news), Daily Caller, etc. I also will get a range of other sources based on those preferences. They may suppress alternative media and smaller sites on the search engine - but from my user perspective the news delivery is actually quite good.
It absolutely is - their news app is customizable though and isnât blocking conservative sources. If it does, I wonât use it but for now it does a great job.
âŚand I can safely bet that Google has already put your list of interests up for sale. You may get some benefit from using it, but I consider it to definitely be ânot freeâ. Google is in business strictly for the moneyâŚnot to help people find the truth.
That may be a trap. We already know that a senior VP at Google said that they are going to work against nationalism and populism. That they are going to make sure that Trump was just a âblip, a hiccupâ Just imagine what they are going to do for the 2020 elections - they may be luring you in and will slowly start the indoctrination. Donât take the bait.
And Google tracks you and accumulates information on you and sells it to 3rd party sources.
Google records everything you enter into its search engine.
Even if you only use a few of Googleâs free services, âthe company retains a large quantity of information about that user, often for an unstated or indefinite length of time, without clear limitation on subsequent use.â
Google Maps, Google Earth, Google Talk, Google Reader, Gmail. Everything Google has ever given you for free collects information about you.
As long as you donât care that they collect personal information via the cookies the insert into your devices and donât acre what they do with your information your golden.
I now use DuckDuckGo.com as a search engine. They donât really care about what you search forâŚand they donât keep a record of it.
I donât get any ads here on PB. Another place I visit, used to show me ads for things I had recently searched for. Since Iâve switched to duckduckgo.com, that has stopped happening.