In a first, Japan issues cease-and-desist order against Google
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The Japan Fair Trade Commission has accused the U.S. tech giant of violating the country's anti-monopoly law by forcing manufacturers to preinstall its apps in smartphones.
  • @Scrollone@feddit.itEnglish
    18•4 days ago

    Yes. Backup everything and move away.

    I’ve started using Qwant as my search engine and it’s not bad at all

    • lemonazEnglish
      4•3 days ago

      Ecosia for me. I still find myself asking Google for stock prices and such, but other than that it’s ok. Berlin based apparently, plus I like that they plant trees for every search you do. I don’t like that they have sponsored links at the top but I suppose that’s how it goes.

        • velocidinodinodinoEnglish
          9•3 days ago

          Bing and / or Google (you can choose).

          But their working together with QWANT on their own search engine.

          And from a privacy perspective I’d argue, that it’s still better to use Ecosia / QWANT.

        • lemonazEnglish
          1•3 days ago

          Not sure, I have to look into it more. When I switched last year, it was just because I liked the green initiative. It wasn’t really that serious for me beyond that.

    • @toy_boat_toy_boat@lemmy.worldEnglish
      6•4 days ago

      that’s awesome! this is the first time in decades that i’ve even heard the name of a search alternative. i’m from the hotbot days. do you know if or how much it’s rooted in google’s search? i know that’s wording it poorly, but i hope you still know what i’m asking