Thank you again for your work. I do wish you were getting more outreach because your reporting is outstanding. If there is something I can do to help, beyond sharing which I already do, please let me know. And keep up the good, nay, excellent, work! ❤️🌺❤️
Re: Dr. Israel: “An opinion without evidence is just an assumption.” Anon.
Got through the article and first 69-page link before everything disappeared. (I needed to uncross my eyes anyway, so no worries.) The sheer number of redactions in that link was staggering. So, I have a proposition. Let’s start a movement. Everyone with an iPhone: Go into Settings, Scroll down to Safari, click and see Search Engine. Click again and take your pick. I’ve been using DuckDuckGo for several years now to aid in its development and expansion, but the market share %s in that first link were appalling. Sure, I still have to scroll past the ads, but once I do, it’s over. I don’t have pulsating ads suddenly and jarringly jumping onto the screen like some horrific flashback. Pop ups are blocked. It’s been a calming experience. My doctor joked that if I quit the internet entirely I wouldn’t have any blood pressure left at all. I’m unfamiliar with Androids; maybe someone else can chime in on those instructions. Seriously, it literally takes seconds. Matt wrote Goliath and made lots of noise. People have started paying attention. Now we need to act. Pretend it’s the Seventies, when hope ran rampant….
I use Mojeek as my search engine, but when I had an iPhone, I couldn't set it as my default search engine on Safari. I also couldn't add Kagi. Safari is the only browser with a static list of search engines that you can't add to or remove. Even *Google Chrome* makes it easy. I would recommend installing another browser on iOS; *any* other browser if you want to use another search engine. Firefox is a good choice. Firefox even allows you to make one-time searches with another search engine that isn't your default, which can be useful.
On Android, all Chrome-based browsers work the same way. Go to the search engine site (say, Mojeek or Brave Search), make a search, and then go to your browser's settings and make the newly-picked up search engine the default.
True, you can’t add or remove - BUT - For Mojeek, Kagi, Opera, Brave, etc. one can install the app instead. (I occasionally use Firefox sometimes as well.) They’re just not on the Safari drop-down. Installation of app may take an entire minute. Thanks for the Android input-much appreciated!
The apps aren't a great option either. Kagi and Mojeek implement support differently. Kagi implements it as an extension; they intercept queries to your default search engine in Safari. Privacy-wise, this is bad because your query is still going to another search engine (by default, Google) before it goes to Kagi. There's nothing they can do about this because that's just the way the extension API works. See more detail in this issue: https://kagifeedback.org/d/1575-ios-extension-leaking-search-queries
That's why Kagi recommends you use Orion (or any other browser) instead.
For Mojeek, it's an entirely separate app, so there are no privacy concerns. However, if you're anything like me, you don't just search one thing and be done with it. You'll need to go back and forth between the Mojeek app and the Safari app...and at that point, it's just a lot of hassle.
You can use Brave Search on Safari because it's on the list. I assume you have to do some sort of deal with Apple to get on the list.
Your article gives us great insight into something beyond the law. The ability to read people, one’s intuition, is most important in assisting someone in making the correct decisions.
I met Mark Israel at the 1982 Mt Pelegrín society meetings. He indeed is extremely clever if not a genius.
The reliance on demeanor in judges/juries making their decisions in complex cases really bothers me. If I remember this correctly, Malcom Gladwell in his book Talking to Strangers brings up research by a psychologist on whether we can tell if someone we don’t know is truthful by their demeanor. The answer is “no”. Their was a faculty member where I went to graduate school who made tons of money from his work as an expert witness. Apparently his demeanor was great. (actually it was under all circumstances. I believe he was a witness for Microsoft.)
Great job in covering this trial, indeed. I appreciate how your reporting goes beyond the basic facts and delves into the underlying atmosphere of the trial.
Thank you again for your work. I do wish you were getting more outreach because your reporting is outstanding. If there is something I can do to help, beyond sharing which I already do, please let me know. And keep up the good, nay, excellent, work! ❤️🌺❤️
Re: Dr. Israel: “An opinion without evidence is just an assumption.” Anon.
Got through the article and first 69-page link before everything disappeared. (I needed to uncross my eyes anyway, so no worries.) The sheer number of redactions in that link was staggering. So, I have a proposition. Let’s start a movement. Everyone with an iPhone: Go into Settings, Scroll down to Safari, click and see Search Engine. Click again and take your pick. I’ve been using DuckDuckGo for several years now to aid in its development and expansion, but the market share %s in that first link were appalling. Sure, I still have to scroll past the ads, but once I do, it’s over. I don’t have pulsating ads suddenly and jarringly jumping onto the screen like some horrific flashback. Pop ups are blocked. It’s been a calming experience. My doctor joked that if I quit the internet entirely I wouldn’t have any blood pressure left at all. I’m unfamiliar with Androids; maybe someone else can chime in on those instructions. Seriously, it literally takes seconds. Matt wrote Goliath and made lots of noise. People have started paying attention. Now we need to act. Pretend it’s the Seventies, when hope ran rampant….
I use Mojeek as my search engine, but when I had an iPhone, I couldn't set it as my default search engine on Safari. I also couldn't add Kagi. Safari is the only browser with a static list of search engines that you can't add to or remove. Even *Google Chrome* makes it easy. I would recommend installing another browser on iOS; *any* other browser if you want to use another search engine. Firefox is a good choice. Firefox even allows you to make one-time searches with another search engine that isn't your default, which can be useful.
On Android, all Chrome-based browsers work the same way. Go to the search engine site (say, Mojeek or Brave Search), make a search, and then go to your browser's settings and make the newly-picked up search engine the default.
True, you can’t add or remove - BUT - For Mojeek, Kagi, Opera, Brave, etc. one can install the app instead. (I occasionally use Firefox sometimes as well.) They’re just not on the Safari drop-down. Installation of app may take an entire minute. Thanks for the Android input-much appreciated!
The apps aren't a great option either. Kagi and Mojeek implement support differently. Kagi implements it as an extension; they intercept queries to your default search engine in Safari. Privacy-wise, this is bad because your query is still going to another search engine (by default, Google) before it goes to Kagi. There's nothing they can do about this because that's just the way the extension API works. See more detail in this issue: https://kagifeedback.org/d/1575-ios-extension-leaking-search-queries
That's why Kagi recommends you use Orion (or any other browser) instead.
For Mojeek, it's an entirely separate app, so there are no privacy concerns. However, if you're anything like me, you don't just search one thing and be done with it. You'll need to go back and forth between the Mojeek app and the Safari app...and at that point, it's just a lot of hassle.
You can use Brave Search on Safari because it's on the list. I assume you have to do some sort of deal with Apple to get on the list.
I appreciate the information Jam. I’ve learned something new thanks to you!
Done. It took 3 seconds.
Your article gives us great insight into something beyond the law. The ability to read people, one’s intuition, is most important in assisting someone in making the correct decisions.
1. Mark Israel is for sale.
2. Mark Israel is for sale.
3. Mark Israel is for sale.
I met Mark Israel at the 1982 Mt Pelegrín society meetings. He indeed is extremely clever if not a genius.
The reliance on demeanor in judges/juries making their decisions in complex cases really bothers me. If I remember this correctly, Malcom Gladwell in his book Talking to Strangers brings up research by a psychologist on whether we can tell if someone we don’t know is truthful by their demeanor. The answer is “no”. Their was a faculty member where I went to graduate school who made tons of money from his work as an expert witness. Apparently his demeanor was great. (actually it was under all circumstances. I believe he was a witness for Microsoft.)
Great job in covering this trial, indeed. I appreciate how your reporting goes beyond the basic facts and delves into the underlying atmosphere of the trial.
Judge Mehta will listen to the paid expert opinions and will make his decision based on his own belief.
He knows experts are paid to say the best argument for the side that pays them.
He will weigh the arguments.
I do not believe the demeanor is a "deciding factor" in logical arguments.
I believe Judge Mehta will rule against Google.
The interesting part will be what the remedy ultimately is.