<![CDATA[whoever the fuck decided that ecosia should have an llm generating answers to search queries should be shoved down the stairs and break something]]>whoever the fuck decided that ecosia should have an llm generating answers to search queries should be shoved down the stairs and break something

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/topic/b9143861-91f7-4914-bbf1-78a92fa3b845/whoever-the-fuck-decided-that-ecosia-should-have-an-llm-generating-answers-to-search-queries-should-be-shoved-down-the-stairs-and-break-somethingRSS for NodeFri, 17 Apr 2026 11:39:42 GMTSun, 05 Apr 2026 13:54:12 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to whoever the fuck decided that ecosia should have an llm generating answers to search queries should be shoved down the stairs and break something on Sun, 05 Apr 2026 16:49:19 GMT]]>@roadblock161_ didn't wanna be doing TOO MUCH good for the environment, had to offset it all in some way

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://peoplemaking.games/ap/users/115981671950728413/statuses/116353122899764813https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://peoplemaking.games/ap/users/115981671950728413/statuses/116353122899764813Sun, 05 Apr 2026 16:49:19 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to whoever the fuck decided that ecosia should have an llm generating answers to search queries should be shoved down the stairs and break something on Sun, 05 Apr 2026 16:43:56 GMT]]>@Research_FTW yup, greener as in "we tinted this site and the AI button green". @roadblock161_

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodontti.fi/users/paavi/statuses/116353101750034950https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodontti.fi/users/paavi/statuses/116353101750034950Sun, 05 Apr 2026 16:43:56 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to whoever the fuck decided that ecosia should have an llm generating answers to search queries should be shoved down the stairs and break something on Sun, 05 Apr 2026 15:57:58 GMT]]>@roadblock161_ I wrote a formal complaint about it to them and they responded by saying their AI is greener than the other ones and they have no plans in switching it off. So I told them I would change to a different provider that doesn't use ethically dodgy, environmentally destructive AI technology.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://sciences.social/users/Research_FTW/statuses/116352921042087706https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://sciences.social/users/Research_FTW/statuses/116352921042087706Sun, 05 Apr 2026 15:57:58 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to whoever the fuck decided that ecosia should have an llm generating answers to search queries should be shoved down the stairs and break something on Sun, 05 Apr 2026 15:46:44 GMT]]>@roadblock161_ I recently switched to Ecosia because they are less US-American than Duck Duck Go. Then they did a survey about what services one would be willing to pay in a Ecosia Premium Product and half of their ideas where AI.

Now I'm back to Duck Duck Go. At least on there I can turn off the AI. (On Ecosia even on the no-AI-Setting I needed to use my Ad-Blocker to get rid of the last AI-Button)

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://queerchen.de/users/ranlvor/statuses/116352876835724737https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://queerchen.de/users/ranlvor/statuses/116352876835724737Sun, 05 Apr 2026 15:46:44 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to whoever the fuck decided that ecosia should have an llm generating answers to search queries should be shoved down the stairs and break something on Sun, 05 Apr 2026 15:18:31 GMT]]>@roadblock161_ I gave up on Ecosia when they *repeatedly* moaned about me using adblockers (as its only rebranded Bing search anyway, same as DuckDuckGo)

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.tchncs.de/users/vfrmedia/statuses/116352765860132511https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.tchncs.de/users/vfrmedia/statuses/116352765860132511Sun, 05 Apr 2026 15:18:31 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to whoever the fuck decided that ecosia should have an llm generating answers to search queries should be shoved down the stairs and break something on Sun, 05 Apr 2026 14:51:07 GMT]]>@roadblock161_ 🙌

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://neuromatch.social/users/elduvelle/statuses/116352658145950895https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://neuromatch.social/users/elduvelle/statuses/116352658145950895Sun, 05 Apr 2026 14:51:07 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to whoever the fuck decided that ecosia should have an llm generating answers to search queries should be shoved down the stairs and break something on Sun, 05 Apr 2026 14:02:08 GMT]]>The Nonprofit is a monument to the failures of liberalism

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://ni.hil.ist/users/roadblock161_/statuses/116352465560232063https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://ni.hil.ist/users/roadblock161_/statuses/116352465560232063Sun, 05 Apr 2026 14:02:08 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to whoever the fuck decided that ecosia should have an llm generating answers to search queries should be shoved down the stairs and break something on Sun, 05 Apr 2026 14:01:08 GMT]]>the introduction of so-called "AI" into products whose users obviously and definitely Do Not Want It, such as ecosia or at mozilla, exemplifies the sheer soullessness of the nonprofit industrial complex. evidently the people making decisions at ecosia don't actually care about the environment, or being sustainable, or planting trees (which tbh is a very simplistic solution to a complex problem to begin with). No, to them ecosia is just a step on their career path like any other, and they're clearly more focused on being able to write "spearheaded introduction of AI at [company]" in their resume than they are on making good decisions that actually further the goals the nonprofit is ostensibly for.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://ni.hil.ist/users/roadblock161_/statuses/116352461597895226https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://ni.hil.ist/users/roadblock161_/statuses/116352461597895226Sun, 05 Apr 2026 14:01:08 GMT