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Search engines have become so firmly entrenched in our lives that they have gained unprecedented power over what we read, what information we consume, and what services we use. Instead of providing impartial access to data, they have led to the polarization of society. With the arrival of a decentralized internet, the search engines we use today will be replaced by new ones that are devoid of Google’s opaque algorithms and proclivity to censorship. Google controls the dissemination of nearly all information, from descriptions of goods in online stores to local news reports.