Honestly, this comment and the link to a separate URL specifically for our kind was the first time I have felt negative towards DDG. Clearly whoever wrote that had gone through a couple of passes of softening the language because they were overly defensive toward the no-AI crowd.
Maybe make the 96% crowd the default and the 4% option opt-in.
“Thanks for voting — You’d rather skip AI. With DuckDuckGo, you can, because it’s optional.”
It shouldn’t even be an option, AI Has no fucking business being shoved into anything. Just stop.
Honestly, this comment and the link to a separate URL specifically for our kind was the first time I have felt negative towards DDG. Clearly whoever wrote that had gone through a couple of passes of softening the language because they were overly defensive toward the no-AI crowd.
Maybe make the 96% crowd the default and the 4% option opt-in.