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[–] mindbleach@sh.itjust.works 12 points 1 week ago (2 children)

was never any good

This is a lie. Google used to be borderline psychic.

[–] SomethingBurger@jlai.lu 10 points 1 week ago

Right? Google has been shit for at least 5 years, but let's not pretend it wasn't the best search engine by far for years.

[–] Quill7513@slrpnk.net 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

fr. in the early days of the web, like pre 2005, it was a revelation

[–] mindbleach@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 week ago

In the Yahoo era, Google was merely better than its many competitors with equally stupid names. Circa 2015, when all those competitors were stone dead, you could type 'who was that guy in that movie' and it would correctly tell you it's Russell Crowe.