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I keep seeing posts complaining that the internet sucks now. "It didn't used to be like this! You used to be able to find information. It's just a store now, but it used to be a library." Skill issue, bro. The internet doesn't suck. You suck at research. But don't worry. I'm here to help. 🧵

You've probably heard of DuckDuckGo, but did you know they have a "no AI overviews" version? Here you go: noai.duckduckgo.com They also have no AI search extensions for your web browser. Here's the one for Firefox: addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addo...

There's also Brave Search. It has AI, but you can go into settings and turn it off, just like DDG. search.brave.com There's Kagi - A “premium” search engine designed to be focused on users instead of advertisers. It's a paid service, but has a free trial plan with one hundred searches. kagi.com

Marginalia Search is another alternative search engine, this one “designed to help you find some things you didn’t even know you were looking for.” marginalia-search.com Wilby is another search engine focused on discovery. wiby.org