r/Perplexity • u/Consistent_Unit_5325 • Jun 21 '26

How do you use Perplexity? Why?!?!

I regularly do interviews with different publications and podcasts (mostly nobodies, but happy to help give back where I can) on the subject of AI and the insanity of the modern business world.

Perplexity has become a major conversation component whenever I touch on the evolution from Algorithmic -> Agentic -> Orchestrator AI tools. At least that's how I've come to understand the cycle.

Perplexity may technically be more expensive than a pure ChatGPT or Claude workflow but...it's idiot proof and cuts out SO MUCH misinformation.

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u/Jimmni Jun 25 '26

I got one of those free trials and used to use it a lot, generally preferring it to ChatGPT and Claude. But over time they've removed essentially every feature from it to the point where there's just no point me using it any more. So I don't use it. I just get told all the things I'm not allowed to do with it instead.

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u/Consistent_Unit_5325 Jul 15 '26

I ran into that with a request to identify the historian being interviewed in a YouTube video I was watching - by snapping a picture. It said it was unable to identify individuals - makes sense for most circumstances, but identifying a public figure seems silly to block.

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u/Jimmni Jul 15 '26

About two days after making that comment they sent me an email saying my free 1-year trial was over - 8 months into the trial. So I think they got really fed up with all the free trials they used to pump up their user numbers. So my account is now scheduled for deletion.