No. I was using big for the rewards points for a long time, the results were fine. I switched to kagi for ~6 months and it was good too. Since it’s a little expensive I switched to DDG to see if I noticed a difference, it’s been a little worse in comparison.

can’t you just install ublock?

but with threads users have to opt into federation, and… no one does. almost every profile I check keeps it disabled. it even gives them a notice after a while like “hey, you’re sharing with the fediverse, you sure you want to keep this on?”

presto based opera, my beloved

it’s a real meal replacement product named after the movie, it was a big trend in the tech crowd like 10 years ago. it’s supposed to be a blend of all the nutrients you need in drink/powder form, people would try living off of it.

on top of that Gemini burns through a bunch of electricity in a data center somewhere to get the basic things wrong.

is this like traveling to another country where the drinking age is lower

that’s good to know at least, I always thought it was because they wanted to push more smart speakers

joints that don’t wear down over time

my home internet was out for a few days, discovering and browsing Neocities on a mobile hotspot limited to 256kbps was a vibe