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minus-squaremr_noxx@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·4 hours agoAI is already opt-in for DDG. Anyone can use DuckDuckGo without AI.
minus-squareKristell@herbicide.fallcounty.omg.lollinkfedilinkarrow-up13·3 hours agoIt’s opt-out. The default experience of DDG is with AI. They have a subdomain without AI, and you can disable it on the main domain. Opt-in would be if it were disabled by default on the main domain, and they had a subdomain for AI.
minus-squareTwiddleTwaddle@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up8·edit-23 hours agoThat’s opt-out not opt-in. You have to go to a special address if you don’t want AI.
minus-squaremr_noxx@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 hours agoI’m pretty sure everyone understood what I meant, anyway.
minus-squareCarrot@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkarrow-up3·46 minutes agoNah, those two cannot be used synonymously. They mean different things, and one is predatory and problematic, the other is not.
AI is already opt-in for DDG. Anyone can use DuckDuckGo without AI.
It’s opt-out. The default experience of DDG is with AI. They have a subdomain without AI, and you can disable it on the main domain.
Opt-in would be if it were disabled by default on the main domain, and they had a subdomain for AI.
That’s opt-out not opt-in. You have to go to a special address if you don’t want AI.
I’m pretty sure everyone understood what I meant, anyway.
Nah, those two cannot be used synonymously. They mean different things, and one is predatory and problematic, the other is not.