Chad McCulloughFeb 5
Well, I switched back to @StartpageSearch for my search after a few years of using DuckDuckGo , but then almost immediately read that they (Stargpage) launched their own AI service.

What fucking search engine can I use that doesn't use AI? This is just utterly fucking ridiculous.

#fuckai #noai #ai
Show threadjon_bonFeb 5

@cmccullough @StartpageSearch

Sorry, not heard of this. Is there any article on this you can recommend?

(It's not startpage dot ai right? That one seems to be another company altogether, owned by BluePenguin, LCC. Some tab manager for Safari, iOS)

Show threadChad McCullough
@jon_bon https://vanish.startpage.com

@StartpageSearch
Install Startpage App

Search without tracking or profiling on Startpage.

Feb 5 at 1:05pmWeb
Show threadjon_bonFeb 5

@cmccullough

OK. Sigh... Well.

At least it's a chat thingy only, proxy writing to various LLM:s, not integrated into *the search itself* like others. So the way I see it, personally, I believe I can still use Startpage as a search engine. Although I wish they never even started that AI proxy chat stuff.