Sites scramble to block ChatGPT web crawler after instructions emerge

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Sites scramble to block ChatGPT web crawler after instructions emerge
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I started using it this year because its actually been giving me decent results unlike google. We're...in a dark timeline

Hmm. I have an incredibly strong aversion to everything Microsoft, so even giving Bing a chance is difficult. However, I must admit that I can recognize the part about Google not delivering. I even went so far as to tamper with the CSS recently just to make Google's results slightly easier to parse.

Maybe it's time to try something new 🤔 I just wish the only viable alternative wasn't made by Microsoft 😓🤢

Dark timeline, indeed! 😔

No kidding, the only other options ive found are

Duckduckgo, which is serviceable but kind of bad, and

Kagi, which is looking promising and has lots of features i enjoy, but paying for a search engine is a hard sell.

Check out Kagi, paid search is extremely worth it. Stop being a product to sell and start being a customer.