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eppur_se_muova

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9. I've gotten in the habit of using the verb 'google' instead of 'search'. I'm trying to break out of that. Since I'm not

Reply to highplainsdem (Original post)

Tue May 19, 2026, 05:13 PM

10 hrs ago

using Google search anymore my language will change to reflect that.

I've been using Ecosia, but may not stick with it. FI can be turned off, but it keeps being offered as an option.

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Google Search as you know it is over [View all] highplainsdem 12 hrs ago OP

Everything you said, plus ai heats up our planet and uses up our water questionseverything 11 hrs ago #1

Crap... Bayard 11 hrs ago #2

I've been using Startpage for a couple years. Make7 10 hrs ago #8

Well I've been looking for ways to ditch Google for a long time. 1WorldHope 9 hrs ago #10

Google, as we knew it, was over and changed quite a while ago, before AI. RockRaven 11 hrs ago #3

Same here. It's been over for me for years now mdbl 11 hrs ago #4

Brave and DuckDuckGo are much more secure than Google. summer_in_TX 10 hrs ago #5

Will Bunch: Soon there'll be no new information to train AI on anything that happened after 2026 highplainsdem 10 hrs ago #6

The usual acronym ETTD should be edited slightlv 10 hrs ago #7

I've gotten in the habit of using the verb 'google' instead of 'search'. I'm trying to break out of that. Since I'm not eppur_se_muova 10 hrs ago #9

Fuck all AI until/unless that shit is HEAVILY regulated...something that sure as hell isn't happening under fascism. Karasu 7 hrs ago #11

There are many things a Google search will not find. BidenRocks 5 hrs ago #12

Google anything ... any search term ... then type "-AI" after the term FakeNoose 4 hrs ago #13

I do that (when I remember) but you still get AI content too. BlueSpot 3 hrs ago #14

+1 dalton99a 1 hr ago #16

So basically the era of links is over Diraven 2 hrs ago #15

It was fun while it lasted. hunter 1 hr ago #17