we need better search engines without ads or promoted links - i miss the days when we had reliable sources of truth to cross reference and dive into speaking as someone who wants to see cool things but also who made those cool things and who else inspired them - let me trace that history please - ThreadSky

axl99.bsky.social • 33 days ago

we need better search engines without ads or promoted links - i miss the days when we had reliable sources of truth to cross reference and dive into

speaking as someone who wants to see cool things but also who made those cool things and who else inspired them - let me trace that history please

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handmeafish.bsky.social•33 days ago

I don’t mind clearly marked promo, but AI answers are absolutely awful.

focusreact.bsky.social•33 days ago

That would be nice. Sadly, running capable, performant search engines takes money, and that's got to come from somewhere. There are ways to remove most ads and the like from your browsing experience. Reliable sources of truth are still out there, there's just a lot more noise to contend with too.

axl99.bsky.social•33 days ago

generally yes

the-walking-dad420.bsky.social•33 days ago

@bsky.app @skylight.social Next project?

sayyestono.bsky.social•33 days ago

we have never had that, sources of truth

rostech.dev•32 days ago

ever heard of this?
https://ublockorigin.com/

noahcarolan.bsky.social•33 days ago

UBlock Origin is great! I agree though. Unfortunately it just would cost too much money to have an open source index of information with the breadth of what Google has. sighhh

seven.modr.us•32 days ago

https://github.com/searxng/searxng

Might be a place to start.

hellopathogen.bsky.social•32 days ago

Journalists should be empowered to cryptographically sign their articles and our devices need better ways to preserve that information when data is shared.

kursadkr.bsky.social•33 days ago

https://kagi.com/ or learn how to self host https://github.com/searxng/searxng

uempower.bsky.social•33 days ago

Have you tried https://perplexity.ai? It works like magic and there are no ads. It is using AI.

drcyanide3d.bsky.social•33 days ago

"It is using AI" means it's far more fickle, likely to hallucinate articles that don't exist, and only lacks ads because it's running on venture capital until they think they have a big enough user base. No thanks!

uempower.bsky.social•32 days ago

Have you used it? There is a big difference between AIs and their purposes. Regarding the "only running on venture capital" Amazon did this for 13 years before they had ANY profit, so...

drcyanide3d.bsky.social•32 days ago

🤣 Amazon charged you for their services! You were charged for the books and charged for online purchases. There's a difference between still trying to break even and giving it away with no payback.

uempower.bsky.social•32 days ago

1. You didn't amswer my question: have you used perplexity on a daily basis?
2. AIs charge for their services
3. What is so funny to you?

drcyanide3d.bsky.social•32 days ago

No, as a software engineer I understand why services like AI search engines are doomed to fail. Asking me if I use it daily is like asking if I shower in mud before climbing into bed.

delargedesign.com•33 days ago

https://kagi.com is the best $5 a month you'll spend

jargonscotty.bsky.social•32 days ago

https://udm14.com/

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