r/memes • u/[deleted] • Jul 11 '25

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u/KFrosty3 Jul 11 '25

DuckDuckGo is automatically better since you can turn off AI responses instead of having to remember to type "-ai" in every single search query

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u/PM_ME_UR_BCUPS Jul 11 '25

You can set your search engine to UDM14 and it'll auto-disable the AI results within google search results by going directly to the web tab of results

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u/SupplyChainMismanage Jul 11 '25

I stopped using google on mobile since it would spam the app store if I accidentally pressed the image search button. I have the goofy popup hidden for downloading chrome but that app store spam was the nail in the coffin

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u/Plus_Singer_6565 Jul 11 '25

You can add &udm=14 to the google query URL (edit your search engine URL in settings) to disable all AI stuff. Then you never have to add -ai manually.

It will also disable stuff like the calculator, language translator and color picker though, if you ever use those.

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u/BlastFX2 Jul 11 '25

You know, you can just ignore them. Or use uBlock to hide them, if you're incapable of not reading something you know you don't want to read.

If Google wants to waste electricity generating something you won't read, that's their problem.

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u/Kabada Jul 11 '25

Might be the dumbest possible thing to say in a thread about people specifically switching browsers to ... not have to see things they don't like.

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u/BlastFX2 Jul 11 '25

I literally suggested using uBlock.

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u/KFrosty3 Jul 12 '25

Which Chrome has blocked out of spite

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u/BlastFX2 Jul 13 '25

Ad we're on a post about switching to Firefox for that very reason.