Bob@midwest.social to Android@lemdro.idEnglish · 10 months agoRemember when Google made their assistant worse and we all predicted they were planning on bringing the same features back but using AI bullshit?message-squaremessage-square70fedilinkarrow-up1387file-text
arrow-up1387message-squareRemember when Google made their assistant worse and we all predicted they were planning on bringing the same features back but using AI bullshit?Bob@midwest.social to Android@lemdro.idEnglish · 10 months agomessage-square70fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareClbull@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up25·10 months agoGoogle have really enshittified their services, to the point where I’ve seriously thought about using Bing as my search engine instead.
minus-squareɔiƚoxɘup@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22·edit-210 months agoI use duck duck go. IIRC, it’s based on bing. It’s better. I also use perplexity though. It’s very useful.
minus-squareBob@midwest.socialOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·10 months agoCheck out Ecosia. It’s the same thing, but your searches plant trees in a responsible manner.
minus-squareɔiƚoxɘup@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·10 months agoI have. Duck duck is more reliable. Will try again tho. I like trees.
minus-squareClbull@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·10 months agoIn my use case, my privacy is already compromised from using mainstream tech, also cached pages are kinda a big deal.
minus-squareɔiƚoxɘup@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·10 months agoOh indeed! I use the web archives addon for Firefox. Love that guy. 1 click and you get access to 8 different places to view the current page on.
minus-squarefine_sandy_bottom@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·10 months agoKagi. Not free, but the best.
minus-squareClbull@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·10 months agoKagi is tempting, and for how much I use search I may want to genuinely use it.
minus-squarefine_sandy_bottom@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·10 months agoYeah, I’ve found their search results to be great. Additionally though, their manifesto really resonates with me. I’m happy to support them.
Google have really enshittified their services, to the point where I’ve seriously thought about using Bing as my search engine instead.
I use duck duck go. IIRC, it’s based on bing. It’s better.
I also use perplexity though. It’s very useful.
Check out Ecosia. It’s the same thing, but your searches plant trees in a responsible manner.
I have. Duck duck is more reliable.
Will try again tho. I like trees.
In my use case, my privacy is already compromised from using mainstream tech, also cached pages are kinda a big deal.
Oh indeed!
I use the web archives addon for Firefox. Love that guy. 1 click and you get access to 8 different places to view the current page on.
I already switched
Kagi. Not free, but the best.
Kagi is tempting, and for how much I use search I may want to genuinely use it.
Yeah, I’ve found their search results to be great. Additionally though, their manifesto really resonates with me. I’m happy to support them.