Very annoying

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kevincox@lemmy.ml · 138 pts · 38d (7 replies)
Shameless@lemmy.world · 26 pts · 37d

Thank you for sharing the original because I came across this hilarious comic also

cobysev@lemmy.world · 20 pts · 37d

Genuinely, thank you for the original. I see this edited into a meme so often, I couldn't even remember what the original was.

cRazi_man@europe.pub · 13 pts · 37d

It's not just possible, it's the obvious choice. Google search has been shit for a long time.

Racoonwithbenefits@lemmy.zip · 8 pts · 37d (3 replies)
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kuiskaaja@lemmy.ml · 8 pts · 37d

startpage is owned by an american company

i'd recommend qwant, it's the one i use. private and hosted in france

zurohki@aussie.zone · 6 pts · 37d (1 reply)

Kagi. Because it's a paid service, they aren't constantly looking for ways to sell their user base's time, attention and data to their real customers. You are the customer.

Don't want AI? Turn it off and you'll never see it again.

thethunderwolf@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 1 pts · 36d

also with kagi you can authenticate privately with the privacy pass protocol https://help.kagi.com/kagi/privacy/privacy-pass.html

blitzen@lemmy.ca · 51 pts · 37d

If only there were a way to stop using Google. Alas…

deacon@lemmy.world · 29 pts · 37d

This has got to be ragebait.

EatMyPixelDust@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 27 pts · 37d

Stop using Screwgle

decended_being@midwest.social · 23 pts · 37d (1 reply)
ladybugs@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 37d

bonus: most of these (and some of the other suggestions on this thread, like SearXNG) protect your privacy better than Google does

squirrel@cake.kobel.fyi · 21 pts · 37d (4 replies)
trashcroissant@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 8 pts · 37d (3 replies)

Regular ddg also just has a setting where you can turn it off. Is this different?

squirrel@cake.kobel.fyi · 12 pts · 37d

Yep, it's switched off by default. I like to share this, because I can send it to non-techy people and they instantly have a working search engine, without fiddling with settings.

Ziglin@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 37d (1 reply)

You don't need to turn it off each time you clear your cookies.

thethunderwolf@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 2 pts · 36d

i use it because i use a browser extension that creates temporary throwaway containers replacing all "No Container" to keep site cookies isolated intelligently

Mitchie151@lemmy.world · 15 pts · 38d
Scrogu@lemmy.zip · 14 pts · 36d

Duck duck go

RmDebArc_5@feddit.org · 13 pts · 37d
fuckwit_mcbumcrumble@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 11 pts · 37d (1 reply)

You can already do this. Just append -ai to the end of the search

You can edit your browsers default Google search URL pattern to just always have -ai at the end.

Niklast@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 37d

You can also edit the search url to default to the web tab, which only shows link results

root@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 37d (2 replies)

SearXNG will not include AI overviews

this@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 37d (1 reply)

SearXNG is the single best experience you can get for a search engine imo.

far_university1990@reddthat.com · 2 pts · 36d

Except when only search result come from mwmbl and yacy because other are banned/captcha/tieout.

canniest_tod@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 37d

I find duckduckgo's results more useful/reliable and you absolutely can disable the ai.

baggachipz@sh.itjust.works · 7 pts · 37d

Laughs in Kagi

JTskulk@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 37d
MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip · 4 pts · 37d

There is. Still works. It redirects from All to Web tab.

Kolanaki@pawb.social · 4 pts · 38d

There must be a way because it no longer appears for me on my phone, but still pops up if I use another device I don't use much for browsing, like my PC. IDK how I managed to turn it off tho. Maybe it just got sick of me swearing at it.

GalacticGrapefruit@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 35d (2 replies)

Disable AI extension on Firefox-based browsers.

laurenceOfSuburbia@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 35d (1 reply)

I don't mind ai, I just don't want their ai

cockmushroom@reddthat.com · 1 pts · 35d

Use a different engine?

98vesselsreptile@lemmy.zip · 3 pts · 37d

You can add -ai to your search and it will do this

the_xboxkiller@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 36d

If you change your location to France in the region settings (or vpn, I presume) it will turn off the default AI results. Worked for me.

StarvingMartist@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 36d

ewwww chromepunk utopia and it still somehow looks like LA? Hard pass

9gagescapee@altgag.net · 1 pts · 32d

PillowD@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 36d

put a swear word like fucking in your query

ReCursing@feddit.uk · -18 pts · 38d

Your performative hate is just dull now