• TehPers@beehaw.org
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    3 months ago

    Joke’s on Reddit. I’ve been blocking their results in the search engine I use for months!

    I wonder if this will end up being pursued as an antitrust case. If anything, it’ll reduce traffic to Reddit from non-Google users, so hopefully that kills them off just a little faster.

    • AVincentInSpace@pawb.social
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      3 months ago

      Come on. Be realistic. Chrome has 70% browser market share and people are already used to tacking “Reddit” onto the end of their search queries to find useful information. If anything this will have no effect besides steering people towards Google.

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        3 months ago

        People on Chrome adding Reddit to their Google searches already use Google. People not using Google who don’t search “Reddit” are going to see fewer Reddit results.

        No, this won’t kill Reddit, but it certainly isn’t helping them get more traffic.