Yet I don't necessarily endorse any of them, you're misrepresenting my opinion to come out on top.
I never said you did. I never talked about your personal opinions on DDG or Startpage. Hell, the comment where I introduced DDG wasn't even a reply to you.
I used the fact that DDG is praised - in general, not specifically by you - for doing exactly what Google is being criticized for, and that shows that it's not inherently a bad thing, like EEE always is.
Your argument is strikingly close to those against net neutrality.
My argument is "if X is so wrong, how come we praise everyone else for doing X?"
I'm sure plenty of groups have used the same argument. It doesn't make me into them anymore than singing Maybe I'm Amazed makes me Paul McCartney.
I'll just left the conversation here, you'll defend Google no matter what.
No, just if I think it's being unfairly criticized. You won't hear me defend their appalling privacy stance, their terrible customer service, their braindead real name requirement on Plus, etc. There's a reason why I left Gmail and Reader years ago, and that's because I think Google has way to much power for our own good.
But it's not because they add freaking etymology utilities to their search engine.
I never said you did. I never talked about your personal opinions on DDG or Startpage. Hell, the comment where I introduced DDG wasn't even a reply to you.
I used the fact that DDG is praised - in general, not specifically by you - for doing exactly what Google is being criticized for, and that shows that it's not inherently a bad thing, like EEE always is.
Your argument is strikingly close to those against net neutrality.
My argument is "if X is so wrong, how come we praise everyone else for doing X?"
I'm sure plenty of groups have used the same argument. It doesn't make me into them anymore than singing Maybe I'm Amazed makes me Paul McCartney.
I'll just left the conversation here, you'll defend Google no matter what.
No, just if I think it's being unfairly criticized. You won't hear me defend their appalling privacy stance, their terrible customer service, their braindead real name requirement on Plus, etc. There's a reason why I left Gmail and Reader years ago, and that's because I think Google has way to much power for our own good.
But it's not because they add freaking etymology utilities to their search engine.