Honestly, I just use the internet less. I'm never going to pay. I can't be bothered with the loopholes anymore. If it bugs me to pay or subscribe, I leave. I'm fine with them not wanting me as a user, and I hope they're fine with me not wanting them as a supplier. They don't have anything that I actually need that badly.

Oddly enough I probably use the internet more than ever. It's just not that internet.

[–] Mastema@infosec.pub 3 points 10 months ago (7 children)

Weirdly, the only parts of the Internet that I'm really liking these days are Hacker News, Lemmy and the one part that I do pay for, which is Kagi Ultimate. It is very refreshing not to be the product and I do occasionally need to use a search engine for something.

[–] CustodialTeapot@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago (6 children)

Kagi AstroTurfing needs to stop.... Fuck off.

[–] bdonvr@thelemmy.club 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

SearxNG. FOSS, selfhostable. Don't pay for a search engine.

[–] PopOfAfrica@lemmy.world 0 points 10 months ago

Unfortunately it piggybacks of googles and co's indexing. What happens if we succeed as a FOSS movement and google goes under?

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