QuinnyCoded@sh.itjust.works to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 11 hours agosame question sh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square44linkfedilinkarrow-up1503arrow-down16
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minus-squaredaannii@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up126·10 hours agoYeah you can’t. So you are going to have to use something else. I found that duck duck go allows you to turn AI off. I use it now. On Firefox. I realize it’s a shit post. I’m just commenting a fyi for people who might want an answer.
minus-squareim_fine_sandy@nord.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·7 hours agoI’ve switched to kagi. It’s not free, but it’s absolutely the best IMO. When I search something I don’t see an AI summary. Not sure if I disabled that or not.
minus-squarejh34ghu43gu@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 hour agoIt only triggers if you end the query with a ? or you can turn that off too in the settings https://kagi.com/settings/ai
minus-squareZachariah@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up30·9 hours agoFor your private browsing tabs: https://noai.duckduckgo.com/
minus-squareEntheoNaut@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up19·9 hours ago I use it now. On Firefox. This is how it’s done. I haven’t googled anything in years.
minus-squareDMCMNFIBFFF@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·21 minutes agoI’m trying to not use Google or YouTube starting this month, at least for this month. (i.e. September 2026) (So far so good. :)
minus-squaremodus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·8 hours agoSo what verb do we start using then? Duckling? Ask Jeeving? Yandexing?
minus-squarewoelkchen@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·36 minutes agoGoogling. That’s how you invalidate a trademark.
minus-squareAxolotl@feddit.itlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·3 hours agoJust use “search”; we don’t want to make a company name the new synonym for search otherwise we are stuck with that company when it gets evil
minus-squareMooserider@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·4 hours agoI’m actively still using “google” to turn it into a common verb and make Alphabet lose the rights to the word.
minus-squareMakeshift@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up20·8 hours agoHonestly just “searched” is probably fine.
minus-squaretomi000@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·3 hours agoYeah. In this day and age noone will think you went to a library to look it up.
minus-squarea_non_monotonic_function@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·6 hours agoNah, use it on the DDG browser for extra cool.
Yeah you can’t. So you are going to have to use something else. I found that duck duck go allows you to turn AI off.
I use it now. On Firefox.
I realize it’s a shit post. I’m just commenting a fyi for people who might want an answer.
I’ve switched to kagi.
It’s not free, but it’s absolutely the best IMO.
When I search something I don’t see an AI summary. Not sure if I disabled that or not.
It only triggers if you end the query with a ? or you can turn that off too in the settings https://kagi.com/settings/ai
For your private browsing tabs: https://noai.duckduckgo.com/
This is how it’s done.
I haven’t googled anything in years.
I’m trying to not use Google or YouTube starting this month, at least for this month. (i.e. September 2026)
(So far so good. :)
So what verb do we start using then? Duckling? Ask Jeeving? Yandexing?
Googling. That’s how you invalidate a trademark.
Just use “search”; we don’t want to make a company name the new synonym for search otherwise we are stuck with that company when it gets evil
I’m actively still using “google” to turn it into a common verb and make Alphabet lose the rights to the word.
Honestly just “searched” is probably fine.
Yeah. In this day and age noone will think you went to a library to look it up.
Search
Quaking ?
Searching.
I use ddg or ddg’d.
Nah, use it on the DDG browser for extra cool.