This is the most accurate, definitive AI experience I've ever seen captured.
It will do everything but the thing it was designed for, and you have to sudo brute force it in order to actually gain any utility out of it lol
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I wasn't sure - it does really work when you try it. 10 results, and.... NO ADS even. This is a great hack to get Google back
Ah, finally. My skills from being an RP server moderator finally coming to fruition.
I use Presearch and generally the results are good enough for my use. Just block the ads and ignore the crypto scam. Seirdy also has a pretty exhaustive list of search engines to choose from.
U try startpage.com ?
Yeah, I use it as a fallback sometimes. The one thing I like about Presearch is that it has a customizable sidebar that let's you duplicate your search on another engine with one click if the results are shite. I also use Allsearch to that end but with Presearch it's synced across computers through my account.
I've been using Startpage and loving the results mostly. There's a big section at the top of most searches that bugs me though. It's like an alternative search query written several different ways, but I have to scroll past it every single search.
Here is a tech tip if you have to use Google for whatever reason.
Add a custom search engine in Firefox and enter this URL:
https://www.google.com/search?q=%25s&udm=web
This takes you directly to the "web" search tab and skips all the shitty AI summaries and wigdets.
Here is another tip: use DuckDuckGo and get useful results and stop feeding the Google Dragon altogether
I've had a problem lately where DDG just returns AI generated articles on topics instead of any real resources. It's not their fault, per se, since it's just a wrapper for Bing, but it's pretty lousy.
If I know what to expect, then it's fine, but if I'm genuinely looking for something new, it's increasingly frustrating
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nah just use startpage.com or duckduckgo
if you have to use Google for whatever reason
For what reason would one "have to" use Google?
Images, for one.
They specifically said if you have to use Google. I have set my default search engine to ddg on every device and prefer to never touch Google but I run into searches not uncommonly which I know should be pretty easy to find, but ddg just falls over on. Google almost always comes through on those. I hate Google and think their search engine keeps getting worse, but it still has a practical use.
What are the odds this will still work next week after Google allegedly plans to completely kill the search function and just serve up AI hallucinations whenever you try to look anything up?
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Or, if you want, you can use a real search engine and therefore vote with your data against this change
You can vote with anything! Your vote, your voice, your wallet, your data, a gun, so many possibilities. THIS is what democracy is about!
A board with a nail in it!
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Apex enshitification 
hahahahaha
Lmfao
See, old “Don’t be evil” Google would’ve put a hidden thing here to return something like “Error 6900: Internet Not Found” with a cozy little image of a person stepping outside their house into the sunshine with lush green ground beneath their feet and a helpful puppy or kitten guiding their way. They’d even have gone so far as to require that you clear out your cookies/cache and restart your browser to regain the ability to go to any websites, including theirs.
I googled it, and for others who don't understand the word salad in the title, "RP" means "role play."
I googled it, and for others who don't understand the word salad, it's is a dish of mixed ingredients, typically including vegetables, fruits, grains, or proteins. It is usually served cold or at room temperature, often tossed in a sauce or dressing.
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