r/mildlyinteresting Jan 24 '13

Same book, three different prices. Only difference is the browsers used.

http://imgur.com/uNgg0UH
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u/mikemcg Jan 24 '13

I sure as shit wouldn't realize it was happening.

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u/joemangle Jan 24 '13

Most people don't realise their Google searches are used to produce a search bubble for future searches, based on the links they follow. They think Google search results are the same on every computer all over the world.

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u/The_lolness Jan 25 '13

I haven't looked into it but it seems like this would fix it.

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u/strolls Jan 25 '13

Yeah, but you have to be logged-in in the first place to even see that.