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What HN community is saying
Users report switching to DuckDuckGo and Brave but encounter friction: DuckDuckGo browser shows unsupported messages; Brave triggers excessive Cloudflare captchas, though some view this as evidence of effective fingerprinting protection. Commenters suggest alternative browsers like Orion and Zen for privacy-focused browsing.
The thread splits on AI's role. Some argue no-AI products represent a viable market niche if priced as premium alternatives to "AI slop." Others counter that this creates a dystopian divide and that most tech companies lack the incentive to make AI optional. A faction notes Google's core search has degraded, making DuckDuckGo viable by comparison. One commenter observed that anti-AI sentiment clusters in forums like Bluesky and may not reflect broader adoption, pointing to ChatGPT's 900 million weekly active users, though others disputed whether casual AI use indicates preference for AI-integrated search.
What HN community is saying
Users report switching to DuckDuckGo and Brave but encounter friction: DuckDuckGo browser shows unsupported messages; Brave triggers excessive Cloudflare captchas, though some view this as evidence of effective fingerprinting protection. Commenters suggest alternative browsers like Orion and Zen for privacy-focused browsing.
The thread splits on AI's role. Some argue no-AI products represent a viable market niche if priced as premium alternatives to "AI slop." Others counter that this creates a dystopian divide and that most tech companies lack the incentive to make AI optional. A faction notes Google's core search has degraded, making DuckDuckGo viable by comparison. One commenter observed that anti-AI sentiment clusters in forums like Bluesky and may not reflect broader adoption, pointing to ChatGPT's 900 million weekly active users, though others disputed whether casual AI use indicates preference for AI-integrated search.