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Save The Planet (lazysoci.al)
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[–] 9 points 1 year ago* (1 child)

Someone posted here a while ago - if you use the URL https://www.google.com/search?q=%25s&udm=14 it doesn't include the AI search. I've updated my Google search links to use that instead of the base Google URL.

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  • [–] 11 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    You can also use alternatives like startpage and ecosia which use google results, I believe.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Both of which are probably training their own AI as middle men or stealing your search terms to tell Walmart what type of peanut butter you're most likely to buy if they could lock it up on a plastic covered shelve.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

    Probably, but neither automatically opt into AI replies. Ecosia has an AI chat, but it doesn't run until you go to it. Startpage has no AI option that I can see.

    Ecosia has the upside of planting trees depending on user search rate. Not sure how true that is, though. I prefer startpage either way. Startpage claims to be privacy first, and I've never received tailored results or ads.

    That doesn't mean they don't sell info. We can't know that for sure, but it sure as hell beats using Google and it's automatic AI searching.

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