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DuckDuckGo poll says 90% responders don't want AI (www.pcworld.com)
submitted 21 hours ago by very_well_lost@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world
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[–] letsgo2themall@lemmy.world 52 points 14 hours ago (3 children)

I made https://lite.duckduckgo.com/ my homepage. No AI and super fast loading. AI would be fine if it was opt-in. Shoving it into everything to see what works just makes people hate it. Looking at you MS.

[–] raspberriesareyummy@lemmy.world 21 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago)

whoa nice! Thanks!

For people trying to configure that in mozilla (I am trying to get away from it but for now :/)

  • -> Edit -> Settings -> Search
  • "Search Shortcuts" -> Add (to add a search engine)
  • "Search Engine Name": DuckDuckGo Lite
  • "URL with %s in place of search term": https://lite.duckduckgo.com/lite/?q=%25s (this has to be =%s, lemmy keeps mutilating that to =%25s everytime I save my post)
  • "Keyword (optional)": @ddgl (or pick whatever you like - it appears @ddg is hardcoded and gets refused)
  • -> Save Engine
  • scroll up to the top, "Default Search Engine"
  • from the dropdown list, select "DuckGuckGo Lite"

Done.

[–] coffee_nutcase207@lemmy.world 18 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

It's horrible for the environment too and wastes electricity. It's fucked up that Google makes everything you search an AI search.

[–] FlyingCircus@lemmy.world 11 points 12 hours ago

Well, Google is an evil megacorp, so not really surprising.

[–] SemiAuto@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

Damn didn't know about this lite version, thanks, also gonna change it into it.

[–] morto@piefed.social 1 points 2 hours ago

There's also https://html.duckduckgo.com/. It's like the main page, but without javascript.