Does the ai garbage really need to be on by default?
It really annoys me having AI hallucinations show up for a search by default. DDG has tried to make some stand about “choice” and running fake surveys but a lot of us use browsers like Firefox Focus on mobile or automatic new container tabs on desktop. Therefore any cookie saved preferences are totally useless to us.
If a user wants to feed themself slop it should be something opted in to not default.
I’m not someone to say there’s never ever a use case for generative “ai” but being able to bang into it with !ai seems like enough to me. But I don’t want to be exposed to automated incompetence and disinformation for every day searches. If I want to use gen ai to do something like find a specific word replacement or something I can do that deliberately I don’t need hallucinations showing up instead of facts.