Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 21 days agoIs it just me or does it seem Google is either AI filled or becoming obsolete? Is there an up and comer that can be what Google used to be? Or are we stuck oogling stuff forever?message-squaremessage-square43linkfedilinkarrow-up1117arrow-down12
arrow-up1115arrow-down1message-squareIs it just me or does it seem Google is either AI filled or becoming obsolete? Is there an up and comer that can be what Google used to be? Or are we stuck oogling stuff forever?Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 21 days agomessage-square43linkfedilink
minus-squareinbn@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up32·21 days agonoai.duckduckgo.com is the best drop-in replacement for a free pre-AI search engine. kagi.com is great if you can justify paying for it. I’ve used both for a long time and have never missed Google, especially in its current state.
minus-squareokwhateverdude@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down3·21 days agoIf you aren’t paying for it, you’re the product being sold.
minus-squareP1nkman@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up9arrow-down2·20 days agoIf the grass is free; you’re the cattle.
minus-squareThe Ramen Dutchman@ttrpg.networklinkfedilinkarrow-up1·9 days agoThat’s not always true, point in case is open source software, but it’s good to look into where a company gets its profit from if any. Well good news, DuckDuckGo has been profitable with privacy respecting ads for a long time, now.
minus-squareSwedneck@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·17 days agoif you aren’t paying for it, you might be able to afford rent this month
minus-squaresem@piefed.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·21 days agoI use kagi for free but my dad is addicted to google so I might see if he likes it… Honestly he’s in the demographic that might prefer the ai slop :/
minus-squareThe Ramen Dutchman@ttrpg.networklinkfedilinkarrow-up1·9 days agoHell yeah! You gotta Duck it!
noai.duckduckgo.com is the best drop-in replacement for a free pre-AI search engine.
kagi.com is great if you can justify paying for it.
I’ve used both for a long time and have never missed Google, especially in its current state.
If you aren’t paying for it, you’re the product being sold.
If the grass is free; you’re the cattle.
That’s not always true, point in case is open source software, but it’s good to look into where a company gets its profit from if any.
Well good news, DuckDuckGo has been profitable with privacy respecting ads for a long time, now.
if you aren’t paying for it, you might be able to afford rent this month
I use kagi for free but my dad is addicted to google so I might see if he likes it…
Honestly he’s in the demographic that might prefer the ai slop :/
Hell yeah! You gotta Duck it!
Kagi is great.