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Has search just become completely extinct? (hexbear.net)

submitted 1 day ago by deforestgump@hexbear.net to c/chat@hexbear.net

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I’ve used DuckduckGo for at least a decade. When they started embedding their little AI summary thing at the top of the chat I knew it was coming. But recently, it seems when I search anything I get tons of the same slop, SEO pumped, AI generated info pages. There was a time when I would at least stumble upon an old HTML article from a university or something. Everything sucks now. Do they even make encyclopedia books anymore?

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[–] swelter_spark@reddthat.com 14 points 1 day ago

There haven't been any good search services for at least a decade. SwissCows is one of the better ones but requires js and filters anything they think is inappropriate. Searx, when it works. Gigablast, before it shut down. I've mostly given up on it.