I’m trying… I’m trying real hard to be the shepherd ringo.

… and yet here we are ?

Nonsense. Your metaphor is not analogous.

Sophisticated tech firms do extensive analysis with reference groups, A/B testing, et cetera.

Guaranteed, they’ve found that they get better engagement with their product through these AI results.

This might shock you but a group of 14 year olds complaining on Lemmy is not an indicative sample of opinions.

Hyperbole & subjective. Flatpaks aren’t all that.

My point is, it seems like moat people disagree with you given that search providers put this stuff in their results.

Obviously I pay for a search engine. The advertising funded web is shit.

That’s true, but I think people still appreciate it… like it’s accurate enough, enough of the time, for people to find it helpful.

I like kagi more than ddg. It’s not free but meh.

Ugh. Do you really want that though? They do have a store don’t they? Just no one wants to use it.

Debian has had a browseable catalog since forever but it’s still waaay better to just go to a third party’s website and see how they say to install whatever thing.

I feel like most commenters here would think “no one wants the stupid ai response”, but obviously some people like it or they wouldn’t do it. I think if your searches are more general kind of “can I catch chicken pox from chickens” type questions it might be helpful ?

Dude. When you’re looking at whatever search just right click in the url bar and there will be an option to add that search engine. Then in settings you can make it your default if you wish.

The reason I don’t use SearXNG is because the public instances always seem to be slow and or broken.

I wouldn’t be surprised if that’s how it plans out.

A regular group chat and another signal one for when you specifically need to talk to OP.

Having two phones absolutely sucks. Didn’t work for me at all.

It’s nice to be nice.

The Harris campaign?

Maybe “weird af” ?

The flag looks a bit like a disgruntled goose.

Getting wasted in bars and clubs is not how one finds quality life partners.

Similarly, if no one is into you, that might be because the core of your identity is feeling desperately lonely while getting drunk in bars and clubs.

It’s not my thing but it’s pretty rad!

Also, that’s one pretty hand you got there son. You could be a hand model.

I thought they more or less already did that? Although perhaps not at the UN.

They’ve already been making out that it’s an unacceptable act of aggression by Ukraine.

Next up:

• someone falls out a window
• Putin with mysterious illness, photos of him sitting many metres away across a stupidly long table.
• they will launch the nukes if other countries don’t stop supporting Ukraine.

I would be mad.

I just don’t really think that the ISS is such a nice place to be.

It would be absolutely amazing to be lucky enough to visit there for a few weeks.

By that time though it would start to get old.

It’s not exciting space exploration - it’s being stuck in a smelly can in zero-g.