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How to You Research Vet Products on the Post AI internet? (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 month ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Hello fellow lemmings,

I was a wiz at google in the early 2000s. I would find obscure forums for every interest and usually get some pretty good info. My research skills haven't aged well, and I'd like to get a bit more with it.

I use:

Rtings, for TVs and monitors
Consumer reports, for <500
Sites like scamreport where people rant about shitty companies not living up to their promises
glassdoor, to see what a company's employees think and how they are treated

How do you research your purchases when there is so much AI slop out there and google doesn't really work right anymore. Duck duck go and bing are marginally better. Are there trusted impartial review sites?

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Sorry for being unclear about the way I used "vet" in the title. I can see how that was misleading a little bit. I wanted to hear honest opinions, so if you really like Kagi, I'm happy to hear about it. It's hard enough to find info right now that we may soon is the opportunity to be picky about our information.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

Sorry for being unclear about the way I used “vet” in the title. I can see how that was misleading a little bit.

Don't be. It happens all the time and that's fine. That said, thx a lot for taking the time. Also note that I'm still not sure it was what you meant. Was it? ;)

so if you really like Kagi, I’m happy to hear about it.

Please, do consider my entire comment not just a part of it. What I said is that I do indeed like it a lot and also that I find it expensive and I'm not sure I will renew when time comes. Time which happens to be today and, yep, I'm as unsure today.

It’s hard enough to find info right now that we may soon is the opportunity to be picky about our information.

People habit of naysaying or belittling opinions they don't agree with makes it even harder to find any trustful info but that's how things work nowadays, that and a seemingly constant drive to try to hurt others through our words.

Regarding Kagi, they have a free test plan, it's limited but it will give you an idea if it's worth anything to you when you want to search for some info you can trust... and it won't matter what I can say, or what any other of the persons speaking in this discussion I apparently started by daring say I liked to use a paid-for service to do my searches. Decide by yourself, that's all you need to get a trustworthy opinion :)