Mastodawn

Vivaldi Browser 1d ago

It's not a secret that Google isn't the apple of our eye (there's a reason why we don't make any money from search deals with them) but yesterday's announcement about the changes coming to Google Search are plain depressing for the web as we know it. What started as a joke (the famous "It's not AI" video with @jon), is starting to feel dystopian at this point.

Anyway. Swimming against the current is exhausting, but the fight for a better web is more important than ever. And as long as there’s people willing to take the fight, there’s hope. 🔥 So we'll keep resisting: no opt-in, no opt-out, no nonsense. ✊

Neil Brutalist 1d ago

@Vivaldi @jon What can we do when even supposed alternatives like Duck Duck Go and Ecosia are ramming this crap down our throats regardless of what their users are telling them?

ᴮᵉⁿ ᴿᵒʸᶜᵉVOTE IN THE PRIMARIES

@frobisher @Vivaldi @jon

you can use #duckduckgo without #AI

https://noai.duckduckgo.com/

DuckDuckGo - Protection. Privacy. Peace of mind.

The Internet privacy company that empowers you to seamlessly take control of your personal information online, without any tradeoffs.

DuckDuckGo

Ben Todd 1d ago

Unless you are on McDonald's WiFi. I've found they block the no AI version 🤬

@frobisher @Vivaldi @jon

ᴮᵉⁿ ᴿᵒʸᶜᵉVOTE IN THE PRIMARIES 1d ago

@monkeyben @frobisher @Vivaldi @jon

Da fuq

That's absurd

I believe you. I'm just amazed at the abusiveness

Hedgewizard 🐈1d ago

@benroyce @monkeyben @frobisher @Vivaldi @jon
So that's why I had to switch my mobile data on the other morning!

No matter - Maccas is enemy territory to me anyway

Ben Todd 13h ago

Well unfortunately they are the favourite of the Trump 🫤 and he loves evil AI.

@frobisher @Vivaldi @jon

Melvin Gundlach 1d ago

@monkeyben @benroyce @frobisher @Vivaldi @jon You can fully disable the AI features in the settings of the regular version of DuckDuckGo as well.

Al & Val's Modern Homesteading 1d ago

@monkeyben @benroyce @frobisher @Vivaldi @jon So McDonald's search comes with their "Special Slop"?

Marc 🐷🌏1d ago

@monkeyben @benroyce @frobisher @Vivaldi @jon
Despite this special URL DuckDuckGo has easy options to completely turn off all AI features.

Flipper 🐬🏳️‍🌈1d ago

@benroyce @frobisher @Vivaldi @jon this is the way.

Duchamp Pérez 1d ago

@jon @frobisher @benroyce @Vivaldi The one I have been using for about a year

lemgandi 1d ago

@benroyce @frobisher @Vivaldi @jon Haven't quite figured out how on waterfox//Firefox. Search engine choice is a drop-down list. I reckon the choices are in a JSON file somewhere.

@lemgandi @benroyce @frobisher It's in the regular settings. You can add and manage your search engines easily.

lemgandi 1d ago

@ltning @benroyce @frobisher

Pkease read my comment. Hamburger menu->Settings->Search leads to a drop-down list of possible default search engines. I am not referring to the search engine icon on the left of the search bar.

Martha Bridegam 1d ago

@lemgandi @[email protected] @frobisher @Vivaldi @jon

In Firefox Settings under the Search tab, the "Search Shortcuts" menu near the end of the page, with the list of search engines, has an "add" choice and shows you what characters to add at the end of the URL to make it work. To add noai.duckduckgo.com, click "add" and use the "Add Search Engine" pop-up interface to enter "https://noai.duckduckgo.com/search?q=%s" (no quotation marks in the actual entry).

lemgandi 17h ago

@MBridegam @frobisher @Vivaldi @jon

!!! Thank you so much kind person. I see how it works now, I Am Enlightened. And my default search engine is now "noai.duckduckgo.com"

I was confused by this screen, but now it is clear.

Martha Bridegam 16h ago

@lemgandi @frobisher @Vivaldi @jon

So glad, happy searching. Within the limits of DDG's reach, I find NoAIddg does really well.

Linda Rose Smit 1d ago

@benroyce @frobisher @Vivaldi @jon have been, even

Medea Vanamonde 🏳️‍⚧️1d ago

@benroyce @frobisher @Vivaldi @jon

I’m collecting these as peeps post them.

Feels like 1998 all over again