Re: Google vs. DDG
On Wed, 28 Apr 2021 12:42:23 -0400
Celejar <celejar@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Wed, 28 Apr 2021 12:20:58 -0400
> Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> wrote:
>
> > >> FWIW, I'm pretty sure that such anectodal evidence is of no
> > >> importance because you can also come up with examples where the
> > >> situation is reversed.
> > > Can you?
> >
> > I meant "you" in a very general sense: I'm pretty sure it's
> > possible, but no, I haven't done the necessary work (and I'm not
> > very interested in doing it either).
>
> That's fine, of course, but I'm just pointing out that your logic is a
> bit circular: you dismiss my anecdote in support of Google's
> superiority with the assumption that there exist counter-anecdotes as
> well, but your only basis for this assumption seems to be the
> assumption that Google isn't objectively superior ;)
>
> Of course, anecdotes are not data. And just to be clear, I really like
> DDG, certainly for its attitude and track record of taking privacy
> seriously, as well as for doing remarkably well as a competitor to
> Google with what I assume is a tiny fraction of its resources.
>
I tend to treat Google as I do Wikipedia: unparalleled for information
which is not the slightest bit politically controversial, a complete
waste of time for anything that is.
Not that there's all that much left in the first category now, but on
things like the sizes of surface-mount electronic components, Wiki is
pretty sound.
--
Joe
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