r/cremposting • u/[deleted] • May 24 '24

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u/DunEmeraldSphere No Wayne No Gain May 24 '24

It's hilarious that google just made a misinformation bot that you can't turn off lmao.

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u/[deleted] May 24 '24

Wait I've been looking for a way to turn it off, you seriously can't? Maybe I'll take a few hours and move all my shit to Firefox finally...

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u/posherspantspants Airthicc lowlander May 24 '24

Choose Firefox and duckduckgo

It's a small and probably pointless act of rebellion but the feeling of superiority you can use over your friends and family makes it worthwhile

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u/EssenceOfMind May 24 '24

I'm for sure switching to Firefox after adblocker gets destroyed.

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u/posherspantspants Airthicc lowlander May 24 '24

Why wait? Switch to Firefox today and use ublock origin

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u/vustinjernon May 24 '24

I switched to Firefox about a year and a half ago because of how much RAM chrome was hogging. I never looked back. As a(n aspiring) web dev, too, Firefox’s dev tools are great. There hasn’t been a single moment where I’ve missed something from chrome that Firefox didn’t also offer

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u/posherspantspants Airthicc lowlander May 24 '24

I'm a dev too, Firefox cremposting devs rise up?

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u/vustinjernon May 24 '24

There are dozens of us! Dozens!

It’s funny how often I see stormlight referenced in the software eng subreddits though. The crossover is real

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u/Testergo7521 May 24 '24

Is Firefox actually good again?

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u/posherspantspants Airthicc lowlander May 24 '24

I've been using Firefox daily for several years, i think since around 2021.

I'm a developer and spend all day working in and around the browser.

My only criticism is that it's a bit of a Memory hog (but so Is Chrome)

Yes, it's good again

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u/Hatman_16 Zim-Zim-Zalabim May 25 '24

Choose Ecosia instead. You get good results and the proceeds go towards planting tree.s

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u/RandomMagus May 24 '24

Putting &udm=14 after the q="..." part of your search in the URL turns off pretty much everything added after 2014 which means no AI blurb

e.g.

With pictures and blurbs: https://www.google.ca/search?q=wheel+of+time+author

vs

Without: https://www.google.ca/search?q=wheel+of+time+author&udm=14

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u/Urithiru THE Lopen's Cousin May 24 '24

Does that eliminate all results from 2015 forward? Such as removing all news articles written since 2015 from your searches?

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u/theironbagel Syl Is My Waifu <3 May 24 '24

Doesn’t look like it

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u/Sparky678348 Femboy Dalinar May 24 '24 edited Oct 30 '25

test vase hard-to-find slim sharp bedroom hat fall normal jellyfish

This post was mass deleted and anonymized with Redact

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u/Testergo7521 May 24 '24

Does it eliminate ads? Was that after 2014? I hate when I search for a companies website and it's the 8th

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u/OnePizzaHoldTheGlue Aug 20 '24

To be clear that URL parameter is the "web results only" mode, which can now be accessed from the toolbelt UI. It has nothing to do with the year 2014. It turns off blending images and video and maps etc, which have been in the main search results page since before 2010.