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		aynsof on Jan 22, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Could Google Really Leave Australia? I'm curious to see what would happen in this case. Would DuckDuckGo or Bing get a boost that Google? Would Google struggle to recover that market share when it inevitably returned? Would public perception of Google take a dip, or would Australians respect someone standing up to the Rupert Murdoch press?

ptcampbell on Jan 23, 2021 [–]

My guess is Australians would continue to use a non localised version of Google. Bing and by extension DDG is awful for Australian results in my experience.

sidr on Jan 23, 2021 | [–]

Unless they block all Australian IPs as well. I don't know about widespread VPN adoption just to have access to Google.

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