When access to information is a "free" service, will you get the best possible service?

Not if the provider has to perform on shareholder value.

Ad impressions >> result quality:
https://www.wheresyoured.at/the-men-who-killed-google/

(If you don't pay, you don't have much of a say...)

#Google #capitalism
But also: #opensearcheurope

The Man Who Killed Google Search

Wanna listen to this story instead? Check out this week's Better Offline podcast, "The Man That Destroyed Google Search," available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and anywhere else you get your podcasts. UPDATE: Prabhakar has now been deposed as head of search, read here for more details. This is the story

Ed Zitron's Where's Your Ed At

🎉 Our EU project OpenWebSearch.eu is turning 1 today! Happy birthday! May the next 2 years be just as successful + lead to an open, safe + transparent web search for all!

#ThankYou to our #OpenWebSearchEu project partners:
Universität Passau
@LRZ_DE
@Radboud_uni
Uni Leipzig
TU Graz
@DLR
IT4Innovations Supercomputing Center
CERN
CSC - IT Center for Science
A1 Slovenija d.d.
Bauhaus-Universität Weimar
#SUMA
#WebisGroup

+ thank you to @[email protected]

#OpenSearchEurope #HorizonEurope