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minus-squaredaannii@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up187·1 month agoYeah you can’t. So you are going to have to use something else. I found that duck duck go allows you to turn AI off. I use it now. On Firefox. I realize it’s a shit post. I’m just commenting a fyi for people who might want an answer.
minus-squareZachariah@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up57·1 month agoFor your private browsing tabs: https://noai.duckduckgo.com/
minus-squareEntheoNaut@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up35·1 month ago I use it now. On Firefox. This is how it’s done. I haven’t googled anything in years.
minus-squaremodus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·1 month agoSo what verb do we start using then? Duckling? Ask Jeeving? Yandexing?
minus-squareMakeshift@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up38arrow-down1·1 month agoHonestly just “searched” is probably fine.
minus-squaretomi000@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7arrow-down2·1 month agoYeah. In this day and age noone will think you went to a library to look it up.
minus-squareAxolotl@feddit.itlinkfedilinkarrow-up17·1 month agoJust use “search”; we don’t want to make a company name the new synonym for search otherwise we are stuck with that company when it gets evil
minus-squarewoelkchen@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down1·1 month agoGoogling. That’s how you invalidate a trademark.
minus-squareLogi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 month agoThanks. I might just Hoover up your ideas and Xerox them for my Ziploc of tricks. *I’m not American and would never use any of those words.
minus-squareMooserider@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down1·1 month agoI’m actively still using “google” to turn it into a common verb and make Alphabet lose the rights to the word.
minus-squarea_non_monotonic_function@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 month agoNah, use it on the DDG browser for extra cool.
minus-squareDMCMNFIBFFF@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 month agoI’m trying to not use Google or YouTube starting this month, at least for this month. (i.e. September 2026) (So far so good. :)
minus-squareim_fine_sandy@nord.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12arrow-down1·1 month agoI’ve switched to kagi. It’s not free, but it’s absolutely the best IMO. When I search something I don’t see an AI summary. Not sure if I disabled that or not.
minus-squarejh34ghu43gu@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 month agoIt only triggers if you end the query with a ? or you can turn that off too in the settings https://kagi.com/settings/ai
minus-squareFluidBeef@quokk.aulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·1 month agoI wanted to use Ecosia but they won’t let you 100% disable AI, which is fucked for a supposedly green venture for so many reasons.
minus-squareSamsy@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 month agoFor 8 searches we burn a tree with our AI.
minus-squareSpace_Cowboy92@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down1·edit-21 month agoDuckDuckGo now has their own browser that blows FF out of the water. Edit: Chromium, don’t bother.
minus-squarejnod4@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 month agoIf its chromium then don’t bother, let’s not forget how Google tried to take over the Internet through chromium browsers
minus-squareSpace_Cowboy92@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·1 month agoDamn :( I just looked and it is. Back to FF!
minus-squaremoopet@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 month agoI thought the DDG browser was Firefox with some branding and plugins?
minus-squareYaky@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 month agoOn iOS a few years ago, I prefered it to FF or Safari. However, its “tracker protection” is questionable sometimes. They will list Google or Meta as enabled on site “to prevent breakage”, but do not give user an option to still disable it.
Yeah you can’t. So you are going to have to use something else. I found that duck duck go allows you to turn AI off.
I use it now. On Firefox.
I realize it’s a shit post. I’m just commenting a fyi for people who might want an answer.
For your private browsing tabs: https://noai.duckduckgo.com/
This is how it’s done.
I haven’t googled anything in years.
So what verb do we start using then? Duckling? Ask Jeeving? Yandexing?
Honestly just “searched” is probably fine.
Yeah. In this day and age noone will think you went to a library to look it up.
Just use “search”; we don’t want to make a company name the new synonym for search otherwise we are stuck with that company when it gets evil
Googling. That’s how you invalidate a trademark.
Thanks. I might just Hoover up your ideas and Xerox them for my Ziploc of tricks.
*I’m not American and would never use any of those words.
Search
Searching.
I’m actively still using “google” to turn it into a common verb and make Alphabet lose the rights to the word.
I use ddg or ddg’d.
Quaking ?
Nah, use it on the DDG browser for extra cool.
I’m trying to not use Google or YouTube starting this month, at least for this month. (i.e. September 2026)
(So far so good. :)
I’ve switched to kagi.
It’s not free, but it’s absolutely the best IMO.
When I search something I don’t see an AI summary. Not sure if I disabled that or not.
It only triggers if you end the query with a ? or you can turn that off too in the settings https://kagi.com/settings/ai
I wanted to use Ecosia but they won’t let you 100% disable AI, which is fucked for a supposedly green venture for so many reasons.
For 8 searches we burn a tree with our AI.
DuckDuckGo now has their own browser that blows FF out of the water.
Edit: Chromium, don’t bother.
If its chromium then don’t bother, let’s not forget how Google tried to take over the Internet through chromium browsers
Damn :( I just looked and it is. Back to FF!
I thought the DDG browser was Firefox with some branding and plugins?
On iOS a few years ago, I prefered it to FF or Safari.
However, its “tracker protection” is questionable sometimes. They will list Google or Meta as enabled on site “to prevent breakage”, but do not give user an option to still disable it.