…and that’s why the person you originally replied to asked their question. General popularity is generally a bad proxy metric for personal preference.

Is it impossible to like things outside the mainstream?

I’ve noted over the past few years, how any company that invests in R&D rather than pays dividends is labelled as “loss making” by the press.

No, because I used the web before web search. It’s a convenient thing. Not a necessary thing.

i.e. where it all began