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[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Good! I'm looking to ditch most search engines (with the possible exception of Searx) since they have become so inundated with so much junk links. Louis Rossmann mentioned in one of his videos that he pays $20/month for GPT-4 since it fetches better results. But I'll look into this before I do so. Thanks for sharing this.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (2 children)

Only show interest in open source software,
let the anti consumer surveillance tech companies drown.

For SearX,
checkout these random SearX redirectors:

Both increase your privacy + prevent rate limits.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (3 children)

Love the sentiment, and I agree, but anti consumer surveillance tech is here to stay, sadly. Can't tell you how many people in my life have Alexa, FireTV and random shit like that.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 10 months ago

Can't tell you how many people in my life have Alexa, FireTV and random shit like that.

This doesn't mean that you have to surrender to it.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Little baby steps, at least we can make the difference for ourselves... But Google is in my walls

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Why don't you take google out of your walls?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 10 months ago (1 children)

It's threatening me with breaking my house's structural integrity

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Oh yeah, load-bearing Googles are a trap

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

I was thinking the same until @Rikj000 responded to my comment. The defeat of the surveillance state (both private and government) relies on us.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Thanks for the tip. Dodged another proprietary bullet.