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I switched to LibreWolf, use uBlock Origin and have modified the web search so it uses noai.duckduckgo.com and appends -ai to every Google search query. I'm ra

by j1436go 7mo ago

I switched to LibreWolf, use uBlock Origin and have modified the web search so it uses noai.duckduckgo.com and appends -ai to every Google search query. I'm rather happy with this setup.

zenoprax 7mo ago
I wasn't aware of the "-ai" flags. Good to know. Do you have a preferred way of blocking domains from appearing in search results? I think there's a limit of only five for some reason.
- baggachipz 7mo ago
  > Do you have a preferred way of blocking domains from appearing in search results? Paying for Kagi which lets you promote/demote/block domains to your heart's content.
  - GoatInGrey 7mo ago
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    - PufPufPuf 7mo ago
      Yep, that's them. https://www.reddit.com/r/ukraine/comments/1gvcqua/psa_the_kagi_search_engine_directly_funds_yandex/ https://www.reddit.com/r/ukraine/comments/1gvcqua/psa_the_ka...
    - baggachipz 7mo ago
      The actual context, which I think frames it rather well: > The job of a search engine is to produce the most relevant search results, period. Kagi excels at this precisely because we remain unimpressed by world politics. The moment 'politics' becomes a factor in search results is the moment I stop working on a search engine. Yandex represents about 2% of our total costs and is only one of dozens of sources we use. To put this in perspective: removing any single source would degrade search quality for all users while having minimal economic impact on any particular region. We set out to fix search, not the world. A truly useful search engine must be impartial - the same way Wikipedia strives for neutrality, or how a library doesn't curate books based on current political winds. Users deserve access to the best possible information, not information filtered through our political lens.
- PufPufPuf 7mo ago
  That's not a real thing, just a side effect: AI "quick answers" don't appear when you use search operators. In this case, you are using the minus operator to filter results with the word "AI", which might not be desirable.
nosioptar 7mo ago
I didn't know about ddg's noai subdomain, normal ddg has become unusable with all the ai shit they constantly shove down your throat. Also, their ai makes copilot look good.

by j1436go 7mo ago

I switched to LibreWolf, use uBlock Origin and have modified the web search so it uses noai.duckduckgo.com and appends -ai to every Google search query. I'm rather happy with this setup.

zenoprax 7mo ago

I wasn't aware of the "-ai" flags. Good to know. Do you have a preferred way of blocking domains from appearing in search results? I think there's a limit of only five for some reason.

baggachipz 7mo ago
> Do you have a preferred way of blocking domains from appearing in search results? Paying for Kagi which lets you promote/demote/block domains to your heart's content.
- GoatInGrey 7mo ago
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  - PufPufPuf 7mo ago
    Yep, that's them. https://www.reddit.com/r/ukraine/comments/1gvcqua/psa_the_kagi_search_engine_directly_funds_yandex/ https://www.reddit.com/r/ukraine/comments/1gvcqua/psa_the_ka...
  - baggachipz 7mo ago
    The actual context, which I think frames it rather well: > The job of a search engine is to produce the most relevant search results, period. Kagi excels at this precisely because we remain unimpressed by world politics. The moment 'politics' becomes a factor in search results is the moment I stop working on a search engine. Yandex represents about 2% of our total costs and is only one of dozens of sources we use. To put this in perspective: removing any single source would degrade search quality for all users while having minimal economic impact on any particular region. We set out to fix search, not the world. A truly useful search engine must be impartial - the same way Wikipedia strives for neutrality, or how a library doesn't curate books based on current political winds. Users deserve access to the best possible information, not information filtered through our political lens.
PufPufPuf 7mo ago
That's not a real thing, just a side effect: AI "quick answers" don't appear when you use search operators. In this case, you are using the minus operator to filter results with the word "AI", which might not be desirable.

nosioptar 7mo ago

I didn't know about ddg's noai subdomain, normal ddg has become unusable with all the ai shit they constantly shove down your throat. Also, their ai makes copilot look good.