Yeah these comments have the three hallmarks of Lemmy:

• AI is just autocomplete mantras.
• Apple is always synonymous with bad and dumb.
• Rare pockets of really thoughtful comments.

Thanks for being at least the latter.

Jesus. Delet this.

“Bad” is SN’s claim to fame. Everybody hates it. Apparently, the worse they make it, the more companies will throw money at them.

If a provided service is good and made accessible reasonably, I’ll use it and happily pay. As soon as it is intentionally obtuse or consumer hostile, say no more; I take to the seas.

But in all cases, I prefer FOSS first. It is generally better, more secure, has more vibrant communities, and represents a dying breed of freedom that we all need.

DDG has been superb for me for a few years now often returning results I prefer over Google. I’m really pleased with it.