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The most offensive thing is not even the censorship, but how awful and almost completely useless search engines have become. Years ago I used to be able to find almost anything, no matter how obscure it was, if I tried hard enough. Today I most often just give up, because it sometimes seems like you can't find the answers to even really basic questions. I don't know what they did, but every search engine is now a complete garbage. They're now basically just shortcuts to the actual search features on websites that everyone already knows, when you're too lazy to type in the URL or click on a bookmark to the actual website.


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