Comment on Microsoft insiders worry the company has become just 'IT for OpenAI'

• Subverb@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Try Kagi. Paid search engines are the future in order to extract yourself from the enshittification of “free” search engines.

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  • glasgitarrewelt@feddit.de ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    If your goal is to get away from this AI shit show, Kagi might be not the answer, according to their own blog.

    I will search for a very interesting article everyone should read, before deciding to give kagi any money.

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    • wolfshadowheart@leminal.space ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      There’s also the whole interaction in how the CEO treated someone who wrote an article and he wouldn’t leave her alone after asking him to stop.

      From his perspective I get it, you want to have good press and try to clear up any misconceptions. But how he went about it was very unprofessional and far too pushy.

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    • fluxc0@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      yeah, that seems rough on kagi’s part. i used the free trial, and then just moved onto startpage because startpage doesn’t make me pay.

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    • Subverb@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I read that stuff a few weeks ago. And the responses and discussion on Kagi’s Discord. I’ll continue to monitor Kagi’s behavior, of course, but for now I prefer Kagi. I get far more relevant results with no advertising noise and as much or as little “AI” assistance as I want.

      Google is a cesspool and DDG is simply inferior - worthy, but inferior.

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      • glasgitarrewelt@feddit.de ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Using Kagi is not a bad decision. After reading a lot of positive things about it and beeing quite hyped, I was so ungently reminded, that every good thing comes with its own baggage of bad.

        I thought I share it, so that everyone can make their own decision.

        I also tried Metager, a german meta search engine. Sad to report: not usable for me, although I like their club (suma-ev) and donated some money towards them.

        For now it’s DDG I guess. :-(

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