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[-] SturgiesYrFase@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 months ago

that could have been solved with a google search

This is very quickly becoming untrue. Actually, I'd argue that it's been somewhat not the case for some situations, that I've personally encountered, for over a decade. There's times when I search forums for days, finally find someone who's experiencing the exact same issue as me. The post is marked solved! Fuck yeah!
The post:

OP: Hey guys, I'm trying to fix xyz and I'm not able to find anything on it. Could I get some help?

Two months after initial post:

Only reply is OP: Nevermind guys, I figured it out.

Me: FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCK!

[-] areyouevenreal@lemm.ee 2 points 2 months ago

Are you honestly telling me there aren't people asking basic questions that could be solved with a google search? Don't get me wrong the kind of question you are talking about does exist, but that's now what I am discussing here.

[-] SturgiesYrFase@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 months ago

Oh, no totally, there's people asking questions that Google used to be able to answer. Google is now a burning tire fire, and getting a useable answer from it can now be a full time job...is what I'm saying.

[-] areyouevenreal@lemm.ee 1 points 2 months ago

Then you use DuckDuckGo like I do. Not every search engine has gone to complete shit. Google was just an example. Obviously it's not the current meta in terms of search engines.

[-] SturgiesYrFase@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 months ago

Ok, tell me how many people who would be using Linux, that might have issues looking up things, that wouldn't default to Google. There's a significant portion of the population that thinks Google is the only search engine.

[-] areyouevenreal@lemm.ee 1 points 2 months ago

Someone using Linux Mint would be a good guess as I don't think they default to Google.

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