Bob@midwest.social to Android@lemdro.idEnglish · 2 years 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-square80fedilinkarrow-up1407arrow-down117file-text
arrow-up1390arrow-down1message-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 · 2 years agomessage-square80fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareClbull@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up26arrow-down1·2 years 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-up23·edit-22 years agoI use duck duck go. IIRC, it’s based on bing. It’s better. I also use perplexity though. It’s very useful.
minus-squareGaia [She/Her]@lemmygrad.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 years agoI struggle to find very obvious things when using ddg, unfortunately Feels bad
minus-squareBob@midwest.socialOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·2 years agoCheck out Ecosia. It’s the same thing, but your searches plant trees in a responsible manner.
minus-squareɔiƚoxɘup@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 years agoI have. Duck duck is more reliable. Will try again tho. I like trees.
minus-squareClbull@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 years 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-up1·2 years 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-up3·2 years agoKagi. Not free, but the best.
minus-squareClbull@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 years agoKagi is tempting, and for how much I use search I may want to genuinely use it.
minus-squarefine_sandy_bottom@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 years 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.
I struggle to find very obvious things when using ddg, unfortunately
Feels bad
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.