viking@infosec.pub 4 weeks ago
In your browser settings under search configure a new custom search with the following string:
www.google.com/search?q=%25s&udm=14
That attaches the string udm=14 to every search in the browser toolbar, which omits all AI features.
The downside is that if you’re searching for translation or currency conversion it won’t show you those as google features on top of the search results either, but only as separate links.
RoidingOldMan@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
I could probably remove this in my account settings somewhere right? But the point is that it’s a bad feature. It’s not reliably accurate. It makes stuff up.
viking@infosec.pub 4 weeks ago
Nope, you can’t disable it at all, this is the only workaround that currently gets rid of their crap.
reddig33@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Or you could use a different search engine.
viking@infosec.pub 4 weeks ago
I’m using kagi on and off, but haven’t reached the point where I’m confident that paid search is the answer. Especially since that ties results to accounts even in privat mode, so they can claim no log policies as much as they want, I don’t trust it.
DDG doesn’t deliver the same quality as google, bing is garbage for anything but porn, and Yandex works surprisingly well, but whether I want my data in Russia is another story. In private mode I use it occasionally.