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> But... the reaction here is "they made a mistake, let's pile on like kids in a playground" ignoring the genuinely huger issue of the amount of info and mining that google et al. do.

What about genocide too? Please people, stop with these "but the other bigger unrelated issue should get more visibility".

> Which is why politicians rarely admit mistakes, because it's taken as a sign of weakness, not strength, to admit you were wrong.

Can you point me where DDG admitted they were wrong doing this? They didn't... they just explained why they did it but completely ignore the greater issue because they consider themselves "good". Just like that politician you may talk about, or Google, or whatever.

This is about DDG.




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