FamilyCyclistMay 28
nixCraft 🐧
Are you using Ublock Origin ? Add "google.com##.hdzaWe" without quotes to your Ublock Origin My Filters to block the google AI overview and apply changes.
May 28 at 11:20amWeb
Show threadMax Lee ​May 28
@nixCraft Or just add "google.com" and never worry about them changing stuff 🙃 (if you still need to fall back on their search there's leta to do that privately)
Mullvad Leta

Leta, the privacy-focused search engine, by Mullvad.

Mullvad Leta
Show threadJoel Wirāmu, PaulingMay 28
@nixCraft
Do you know if this works on corporate domains with Gemini enabled?
Show threadnixCraft 🐧May 28

@jwp it blocks google search AI overview crap that is displaced on top of each search query.

For Gemini corporate your Org's admin can enable or disable Gemini per user.

Show threadJoel Wirāmu, PaulingMay 28

@nixCraft

Just wondering if it would kill all the annoying popups. Appreciate it's not going to save the Data from the AI grey goo; but the amount of distracting and 'getting in the way' popups related to gemini in gsuite is pretty obnoxious

Show threadBenoit PouletMay 28
@nixCraft
No need for this if you don’t use Google search engine.
Show threadPffff...May 28
@nixCraft Or, simpler, don't use Google as your search engine.
Show threadzendao42May 28

@1HommeAzerty @nixCraft
I don't but since it's started flipping into brick (they call it "safe" but it bricks EVERY non-factory app) mode every time I restart it & it keeps cutting out the wi-fi unless I restart it so I'm looking for a SIMPLE* way to delete the whole thing without a factory reset

*As I tried to add this word to the draft, the wifi went out AGAIN

Show threadnicolaottomanoMay 28
@nixCraft
I switched to Qwant. No AI for now...
Show threadlupus_blackfurMay 28

@nixCraft

Or...

Just use [Kagi.com] for search and forego stupid Google entirely.

🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️

Show threadArwinMay 28
@lupus_blackfur @nixCraft I completely agree. I know not everyone can afford another subscription but Kagi is a no brainer and has improved my life. Pro tip: sign up and change your default browser search to Kagi immediately on all your devices. Making it automatic makes switching easy.
Show threadKarlMay 28
@Arwin @lupus_blackfur @nixCraft
It has a subscription tho.
Show threadBlue LumaMay 28
@lupus_blackfur @nixCraft I don't want to add an american company to my list of american things I use anymore
Show threadJaponicaMay 28
@lupus_blackfur @nixCraft kagi were pumping AI crap out sooner than most. It's why I cancelled my subscription!
Show threadMatiOneThreeMay 28
@nixCraft Wow thank you!
Show threadSirWumpus 👾🍁May 28

@nixCraft
For Google searches to get rid of all the extraneous guff in the results, add a new search URL "Google Classic" https://www.google.com/search?udm=14&num=50&q=%s

Similarly "DuckDuckGo Lite" with https://noai.duckduckgo.com/?q=%s

Show threadhisoldMay 28
@nixCraft I'll just keep searching on startpage.
Show threadAman GhodawalaMay 28
@nixCraft Thanks it was really useful
Show threadMartijn Tonies ✅ 🧷May 28
@nixCraft thank you!
Show threadEnola KnezevicMay 28
@nixCraft Or just switch to another engine.
Show threadMAX! ♾🇺🇲🇮🇹May 28
@nixCraft omg bless your soul
Show threadMake Subaru Gay AgainMay 28
@nixCraft o7 thank you for your service
Show threadDr. Victoria GrinbergMay 28
@nixCraft omg, thanks! Extremely useful!
Show threadRejZoRMay 28
@nixCraft I don't have that issue, I'm using Qwant.
Show threadAuroraMay 28
@nixCraft Have we just abandoned UDM14?
Show threaddraeathMay 28
@nixCraft https://tedium.co/2024/05/17/google-web-search-make-default/ does the same and more
How I Made Google’s “Web” View My Default Search

Forget AI. Google just created a version of its search engine free of the extra junk it has added over the past decade-plus. You just need one URL parameter.

Tedium: The Dull Side of the Internet.
Show threadHarmMay 28
@nixCraft Works, thanks!!
Show threadBrad Rubenstein “”May 28

Also: the corresponding adblock rule to block AI overview in DuckDuckGo search:

duckduckgo.com##div[data-react-module-id="wikinlp"]

@nixCraft

Show threadOrca 🌻 | 🎀 | 🪁 | 🏴🏳️‍⚧️May 28
@BradRubenstein @nixCraft
Duckduckgo generates summary for websites in search results themselves (even for nojs version). Foe example if you search some obscure thing and the first result is its Wikipedia page, the summary is almost always "Learn about xxxx yyyy" but such sentences is no where to be found in the original webpage.
Show threadPuppetheadMay 28
@BradRubenstein @nixCraft Both of these rules (for Google and DuckDuckGo) also work in AdGuard for Safari.
Show threadKarlMay 28
@nixCraft Thanks dude. You're a lifesaver ♥️
Show threadanneliese.💫May 28
@nixCraft https://udm14.com/
&udm=14 | the disenshittification Konami code

A quick way to get an AI-free search without any extra work.

Show threadBebef 🦦🇪🇺🏴‍☠️🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🚙🐼🥦🚩🏴May 28
@nixCraft I thought Ublock Origin was dead because the API did no longer work? 🤔
Show threadC++ Wage SlaveMay 28

@Bebef

It no longer works in #GoogleChrome, but it works perfectly in #Firefox. Firefox also protects you from tracking in a way #Chrome never will.

@nixCraft

Show threadUnbloated & MemesMay 28
@nixCraft Google? Hehe. I use SearXNG w/ DuckDuckGo.
Show threadNazoMay 28
@nixCraft Now if someone could just provide something like this for those stupid login popups a bunch of sites use... I can't even click on them with uBlock's picker.
Show threadHoward LaneMay 28
@nixCraft This is excellent, although I don't use Google.
Show threadZMay 28
@nixCraft
That class name will change (as it is dynamically generated) and the rule will suddenly fail
Show threadhnapelMay 28

@zm @nixCraft

yeah it's like the drone wars, if the enemy comes up with better drones we then improve our own

Show threadKevin RussellMay 28

@nixCraft

Qwant.com seems nice.

Show threadOrca 🌻 | 🎀 | 🪁 | 🏴🏳️‍⚧️May 28
@nixCraft This only does cosmetic filtering on AI overview, right?
Show threadferricoxideMay 28
@nixCraft

I don't use Google's search, any more, so blocking its AI overview probably doesn't mean much?
Show threadThat Smoke Pit VeteranMay 28
@nixCraft just go ahead and make a plugin for us simple minded people 😂
Show threadZvenMay 28
@nixCraft yeah, only leave the bad people feed ai , gonna work great
Show threadRock'n'Roll_φapy 🔻May 28
@nixCraft
Ou faites comme moi : utilisez DuckDuckGo ou Qwant ....
#FuckGoogle
Show threadKevinZ May 28
@nixCraft Or is it simply better to use searchxng
Show threadTom BortelsMay 28

@KevinZ @nixCraft

I'm in camp searchxng. Blocking a url is fragile at best.

Show threadGehtsoMay 28

@nixCraft

uBlock Origin & Firefox & Ubuntu

How do I get to the filter settings with uBlock Origin
to the filter settings?

In the add ons administration I find uBlock Origin but no possibility to set filters or similar.

Show threadGreenSkyOverMe (Monika)May 28
@Gehtso @nixCraft Click on the uBlock Origin icon that appears to the right of the address bar. There is a button that looks like a typical settings icon, the text is "Open dashboard". There is a tab for filters.
Show threadGehtsoMay 28

@GreenSkyOverMe

there is no uBlock Origin icon next to my address bar.
but it is installed and displayed in the add on directory

Show threadhnapelMay 28

@Gehtso @GreenSkyOverMe

Use the puzzle piece icon and make this addon appear on the toolbar (pin to toolbar).

Show threadrichrocksterMay 28
@nixCraft Interesting - I'll test this. Although DDG is now my default, I do resort to the big G sometimes when all else fails. At least DDG allows you to turn off all the AI related garbage, and I keep providing Google with some "nice" feedback on their AI overview "results". Sometimes I do get a little angry in my feedback too.
Show threadrichrocksterMay 28
@nixCraft Well, it totally works. Found a search term that generated an AI overview result, added the term and bam! No AI overview! Added bonus for no large empty block either!
Show threadEvaMay 28
@nixCraft Thank you so much for this! It worked for my partner who still refuses to switch from Google.
Show threadTFed 🍉🌻May 28
@nixCraft die "AI" die 
Show threadJaggi <3May 28
@nixCraft
For everyone interested in blocking more AI slop to avoid loosing brain time to filter garbage, there's this (still regularly maintained) uBlock Origin block list :
https://github.com/laylavish/uBlockOrigin-HUGE-AI-Blocklist
GitHub - laylavish/uBlockOrigin-HUGE-AI-Blocklist: A huge blocklist of manually curated sites that contain AI generated imagery for uBlock Origin & uBlacklist.

A huge blocklist of manually curated sites that contain AI generated imagery for uBlock Origin & uBlacklist. - laylavish/uBlockOrigin-HUGE-AI-Blocklist

GitHub
Show threadrockpickMay 28
@nixCraft I do use ublock origin. But there is no scenario in which i would ever be confronted with a google AI overview.