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[–] adarza@lemmy.ca 25 points 1 year ago (1 children)

didn't google just do the same thing?

not enough people springing for the ai-addon by itself, so they just force it on everyone instead, at a 'lower-but-still-higher' price.

[–] ownsauce@lemmy.world 17 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I cancelled my Kagi subscription for a similar reason, didn't wanna fund their AI tool development.

[–] Boomkop3@reddthat.com 6 points 1 year ago

Yo my knowledge they just use existing models. But yes, I think it's a good idea to request they specifically don't add to the steaming pile of slop

[–] lilja@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Have you found a viable alternative? I like how Kagi takes my money instead of showing me ads and lets me filter out domains.

[–] ownsauce@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

1) I use several privacy focused search sites:

2) subscribe to an AI generated content blocklist in uBlock Origin:

3) have local filters in uBlock Origin for sites like x, pinterest, reddit, etc:

In uBlock Orign you can make custom filters to block specific websites like so:

reddit.com$document
pinterest.com$document
pinterest.co.uk$document
x.com$document