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I'm really annoyed by how much Brave Search is pushing AI

I've been using Brave Search supplemented by Startpage for the past 2+ years. When I search for something, I want to get results for credible webpages, not a summary of unknown quality. I liked the previous AI inclusion because it was instant, didn't take up much space, and I could quickly navigate to the websites referenced in...

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google web search workaround is fine atm https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/get-google-search-results-without-ai-ads-or-anything-but-links/

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aside from privacy concern, who want this?

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dumb phone like flip phone it is still popular in Japan.

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https://www.docomo.ne.jp/english/product/feature_phone/. they are still on sale and it is still popular for old people and business persons. Hell, even some flip phone model are even water resistant.

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AI Overviews is PITA

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not really because twitter.com redirector still works properly

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Like I click Twitter icon from the verge website (https://www.theverge.com/contact-the-verge). it still works unless Elon want to kill twitter URL and force other company to migrate. which is quite crazy.

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Yeah. But, that workaround on the article improves a lot.

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Yes, it works on Firefox Android and Ios. So, that article is not 100% correct

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Yeah because Twitter is very popular in Japan.

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that is why I mean it is very popular in Japan. it is in top 3 right? the highest in Asia?

Apple pulls WhatsApp, Threads and Signal from app store in China (www.washingtonpost.com)

Apple has complied with the Chinese government's request to remove several popular communication apps from its app store, including WhatsApp, Threads, Signal, and Telegram, due to national security concerns. This action was taken following a directive from the Cyberspace Administration of China. These apps have been crucial for...

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on IOS we can do that as well with trollstore and signalous/maplesign

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it is possible for sideload ipa with trollstore/maplesign/signulous

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with trollstore and signalous/maplesign you don't need to resign anymore. it is just normal phone without jailbreak same like Android

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wdym? I use those signing service without jailbreak, no weekly signing and everything works flawlessly like regular smartphone

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not easy as it sounds because Whatsapp is defacto messaging app in many countries like India, brazil, indonesia etc

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Before SteamDeck comes. I am between KDE, Gnome and Xfce. But, after I bought a Steam Deck. I am now totally KDe Plasma users on my desktop and steam deck

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