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[–] DragonConsort@pawb.social 60 points 4 months ago (4 children)

Love the fact that even when committing to the bit about being anti-privacy they still know the internet is functionally unusable without an adblocker

Also I'm about to say something ignorant as hell but: Isn't a Browser the same thing as a Search Engine?

[–] rayf@lemmy.zip 29 points 4 months ago

Nope, Browser is the tool, the software to reach internet. Like a phone. Search Engine is more like the phone book of URL reference. And you use it with keywords

[–] Noel_Skum@sh.itjust.works 14 points 4 months ago

The browser is the software to use the internet and a search engine essentially scans the entire accessible web for the words you type in to it and shows you where they are.

[–] odium@programming.dev 10 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Browsers are the app you click on: google chrome, firefox, Microsoft edge, safari

Search engines are a website you go to on that app. If you type something in the top bar of your browser that is not a link, browsers will automatically enter that into a search engine.: google search, Bing, duckduckgo, ecosia, startpage

[–] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 6 points 4 months ago

Browser is an app on your computer

Search engines are apps on other people’s computers that you access via a website