no really how do we fix this? : memes

[-] Gestrid@lemmy.ca 6 points 10 months ago

I just subscribed to Kagi to try it out.

[-] nameisnotimportant@lemmy.ml 4 points 10 months ago

Great! Everyone should try the free tier just to have a look at alternatives. To be honest after a few weeks and several specific searches I'm not ready to do the switch though.

[-] MartianRecon@lemmus.org 6 points 10 months ago

Any way people could just remake 'old Google' that solely focuses on search and nothing else?

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[-] thepaperpilot@incremental.social 6 points 10 months ago

I've recently found out about https://search.marginalia.nu and want to start using it.

[-] CaptnNMorgan@reddthat.com 5 points 10 months ago

I tried getting xpadder yesterday and the top search results were fake websites. I'm still not convinced I found the real one

[-] fishbone@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago

https://xpadder.com/

Just double checked the email confirmation from when I bought it in 2016. Most recent xpadder version is 2024.05.01.

Also if you're looking for controller remapping software (and you're on windows OS), check out DS4Windows. Contrary to the name, it works for most brands of controller, and it's got a lot of stuff that xpadder doesn't.

I landed on it for the better control stick adjusting (you can change dead zone/max zone, and also sensitivity curve). I stuck with it because it can use an emulated controller while hiding the actual controller from programs and games (which solves any double input jank from shit like steam).

Also it can also map gyro controls to mouse input, which is real neat for essentially using my joycons as a remote for my pc, and the occasion where splatoon style gyro aiming fits in games without being too barfy.

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[-] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 5 points 10 months ago

Mojeek and Qwant are my go to if duck, duck go isn't great. It should probably be the other way around.

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[-] blindsight@beehaw.org 3 points 10 months ago

idk. Google used to automatically highlight pages that you landed on then stopped your search, which indicates you got a good result. They basically scrapped that, though, since their advertising arm wanted people to spend more time searching, running more queries, to get more ad impressions. Google literally sabotaged their own search algorithm to increase "engagement".

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[-] Boomkop3@reddthat.com 5 points 10 months ago

You're still using google?

[-] Hugh_Jeggs@lemm.ee 6 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Instead of the childishly condescending question, suggest alternatives for those who don't know

I've been sticking with Kagi in the hope that it improves

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[-] FeelzGoodMan420@eviltoast.org 5 points 10 months ago

Bro. Use ublock origin. I haven't seen a sponsored link on google in like 10 years

[-] Andromxda@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 10 months ago

4get, SearXNG and Whoogle are pretty good proxies for most search engines. I've recently been enjoying 4get with DuckDuckGo, it works really well. No ads, no trackers, no bullshit. Just a lightweight page that allows me to search the web privately.

[-] greengnu@slrpnk.net 4 points 10 months ago

gemini://gemplex.space/search

[-] Boomkop3@reddthat.com 5 points 10 months ago

What's this?

[-] greengnu@slrpnk.net 4 points 10 months ago

a search engine for the gemini network protocol

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gemini_(protocol)

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[-] ristoril_zip@lemmy.zip 4 points 10 months ago

Probably with a FOSS alternative but with the owner class working is to death for below survival wages who has the time?

[-] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 4 points 10 months ago

I need to take a screenshot the next time I see the "other users have searched" thing is almost a full page in length. It's happened a few times recently.

[-] TetraVega@lemmings.world 3 points 10 months ago

Ya but Google makes a lot more money this way

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[-] FreakinSteve@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

This seems like a good time for someone to create a search engine.

[-] Scrollone@feddit.it 3 points 10 months ago

Try Kagi. It's a paid service, but what can you do... You either pay or you are the product.

They have a free trial though, and it looks very promising.

[-] darkphotonstudio@beehaw.org 2 points 10 months ago

I switched to DuckDuckGo for a few years, then went to Ecosia for a while, and now I'm using searx. I'm not sure how searx prioritises the results, so I'm still adjusting to it, but overall it works okay.

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