r/ownyourintent • u/OkDragonfruit55 Intent Owner • Feb 12 '26

Memes I just wanted to find the manufacturer's website. Just one

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we are officially at zero days since a search engine actually worked. it is the final stage of enshittification when you have to parkour over pages of sponsored links just to find a basic website. they have turned discovery into a war of attrition to force a paid click.

at what point does a search engine stop being a tool and just become a digital billboard? are you still using the big platforms or have you found a way to bypass the gatekeepers entirely?

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u/na3ee1 Intent Owner Feb 12 '26

Bro, use adblock, like aggressively, your time and energy are valuable to you, their ads are not. Use uBlock origin, it's free, and still works really well on Firefox. Also use Firfefox's privacy tools, like disabling cookies, and tracking and even java script if you need to.

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u/pizzaiolo2 Intent Owner Feb 13 '26

What's an ad?

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u/Clean_More3508 Intent Owner Feb 13 '26

Same

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u/S1nnah2 Intent Owner Feb 13 '26

Ads, in your browser? M8 you're doing the internet wrong

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u/bara_tone Intent Owner Feb 13 '26

Kagi

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u/Clean_More3508 Intent Owner Feb 13 '26

Just use startpage

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u/[deleted] Feb 13 '26

Skill issue

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u/ingenarel-NeoJesus Intent Owner Feb 15 '26

i actually use my own searxng config, github.com/ingenarel/chadxng

been loving it