Tuta1d ago

Google just called its new AI Search the "biggest upgrade in 25 years" but really, it's killing the open web.  😡

The open web was built by millions of people sharing knowledge freely → Now, Google who owns the monopoly on Search is ruining it. 

We wrote about what's really happening, and what you can do about it 👉 https://tuta.com/blog/why-google-ai-search-is-bad

#AI #AISearch #Google 

Show threadIvan G.
@Tutanota the problem is that we need more people that start to leave these giants and go for alternative, unless they see a vertical drop in their graphs, everything is fine. I'm trying to switch my close friends/relatives to alternatives, but i'm a drop in the ocean. And now more than ever we need to show them numbers going down vertically. Not only the search engine, because remember the next big thing is #Android and their kill switch on sideloading. Google is killing everything open
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Show threadsteppl1d ago

@dreamos82

@Tutanota

Indeed!

I recently invested a fiver in Metager

#metager

Show threadFragarach1d ago

@steppl @dreamos82 @Tutanota
I've gone for Kagi, myself.

#metager

Show threadTuta1d ago
@Fragarach @steppl @dreamos82 Nice! Are you enjoying it?
Show threadFragarach1d ago

@Tutanota @steppl @dreamos82

I am actually: I think it's worth paying for (for me).
I get a list of actual website links with a short description, and it seems pretty good. Rather like Google once was.
There's the option of a search assistant/ AI summary for those that wish.

Show threadsteppl4h ago

@Fragarach
@Tutanota @dreamos82

Had used them approximately up to 20y ago - when they had funding from a big company. I came back to them when google went AI. Happy they are still around.

They are a small privacy minded society in Germany - so for me => why not support them

Good thing they proxy towards the engine(s) so they see metager, instead of you. I can run queries against different engines in one go (of course more tokens for more engines you query)

whatever works for you is fine.

Show threadsteppl22h ago

@Tutanota

@Fragarach @dreamos82

It's OK for me to pay 1 or more tokens per search on metager, especially when I want / need privacy friendly results from different engines in 1 go.

Alternatively, I here and there use ddg.gg

Show threadThe_Universality1d ago
@dreamos82 @Tutanota The big issue is that people are to some extend already "indoctrinated" by these services, talking to you like if you are a weirdo, Tin foil hat or a criminal for using open services and FOSS.
Show threadIvan G.1d ago
@The_Universality @Tutanota I know, and thing are getting worse with all the new censoring/age verification tool that will require an android/iphone to uncensor stuff, or all the digital portfolio for citizen in many country it will be what? An android or iphone app.. Yeeh, let's give more power to those two giants.
The future is grim... And internet is going to be less free. Probably time to start to user tor more seriously.
Show threadThe_Universality1d ago
@dreamos82 @Tutanota Get Kiwix and download certain parts of internet. That way you'll have some access without the need to expose any traffic (appart from the downloading). Same goes for maps as well.