very_well_lost@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 20 hours agoDuckDuckGo poll says 90% responders don't want AIwww.pcworld.comexternal-linkmessage-square192fedilinkarrow-up11.27Karrow-down114
arrow-up11.26Karrow-down1external-linkDuckDuckGo poll says 90% responders don't want AIwww.pcworld.comvery_well_lost@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 20 hours agomessage-square192fedilink
minus-squareLet's Go 2 the Mall! ❌👑@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up48·12 hours agoI 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.
minus-squareraspberriesareyummy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18·11 hours agowhoa 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 “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.
minus-squarecoffee_nutcase207@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·11 hours agoIt’s horrible for the environment too and wastes electricity. It’s fucked up that Google makes everything you search an AI search.
minus-squareFlyingCircus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·11 hours agoWell, Google is an evil megacorp, so not really surprising.
minus-squareSemiAuto@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·12 hours agoDamn didn’t know about this lite version, thanks, also gonna change it into it.
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.
whoa nice! Thanks!
For people trying to configure that in mozilla (I am trying to get away from it but for now :/)
Done.
It’s horrible for the environment too and wastes electricity. It’s fucked up that Google makes everything you search an AI search.
Well, Google is an evil megacorp, so not really surprising.
Damn didn’t know about this lite version, thanks, also gonna change it into it.