Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 1 month 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 · 1 month agomessage-square43linkfedilink
minus-squareinbn@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up32·1 month 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-down3·1 month agoIf you aren’t paying for it, you’re the product being sold.
minus-squareP1nkman@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up9arrow-down2·1 month agoIf the grass is free; you’re the cattle.
minus-squareSwedneck@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up1·29 days agoif you aren’t paying for it, you might be able to afford rent this month
minus-squareThe Ramen Dutchman@ttrpg.networklinkfedilinkarrow-up1·21 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-squaresem@piefed.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month 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-up1·21 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.
if you aren’t paying for it, you might be able to afford rent this month
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.
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 :/
Kagi is great.
Hell yeah! You gotta Duck it!