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?
The “World of Warcraft free player” grindset, eh?
I do not disdain people on account of their kagi recs, I simply point to it as an indicator of the dire straits of search engines, and shit.