• Oxysis/Oxy@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    1 day ago

    Had to look up what that even was and no way am I paying $108 a year plus tax (just include the tax in the price ffs) for a search engine

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      21 hours ago

      no way am I paying $108 a year plus tax

      Fucking yanks never shut up about taxes, Jesus christ get a life

      (just include the tax in the price ffs)

      I apologise my liege, may those that have insulted you perish.

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          That’s not how the real world works though. Platforms need money to exist. An actual alternative is FOSS hosted by individuals, either because they have free capacity or funded by voluntary donations. Just as the fediverse works, which is why I use uBlock/Alternative clients on YT/Twitch and send money to the creators I watch directly. My goal is to harm those platforms directly, because better alternatives exist.
          I’m not aware of an equivalent for search engines, that is acceptably maintained and mature.