xandreu wrote: ↑Fri Jan 22, 2021 12:42 pm I remember a time when the internet was so innocent and despite its potential, nobody was looking to profit from it. Even Tim Berners-Lee, the inventor of the world wide web, could have made a fortune if he'd patented his idea, but instead, he gave it away for free.

Wouldn't it have been such a proud human achievement if it had remained like that? Instead, big business, the profit inventive, greed and power have totally destroyed it. Watching the internet evolve was like reading George Orwell's Animal Farm, in that everything starts out on an equal footing, but inevitably, the dominant players start to rise to the top and before we know it, the whole thing is controlled by just a handful of players who have somehow manipulated the whole thing in a way that most of our lives are now owned by them.

The more money Australia (or any country good that matter) can suck out of Google and Facebook the better. Bleed them dry. I wouldn't shed any tears.

emm wrote: ↑Sat Jan 23, 2021 11:34 pm Google Search Alternatives
I never use Google as a Search Engine. I don't want to be profiled and my data sold for profits of which i will not get a part of.
There are alternatives out there:
https://alternativeto.net/software/google-search/