The best way to answer this is to see a psychologist. They can actually diagnose you. Just bc you’re self aware doesn’t mean you can’t be one or even that you’re less likely to be a narcissist. There are some that are self aware and use that knowledge to their advantage. If you truly think you might be a narcissist then seeing a psychologist is the best thing to do. Your doctor might also be able to make a recommendation

Thanks I’ll check it out!

That makes sense. I like privacy but I don’t mind having an account if it means I have a genuinely better experience on the internet. Thank you!

Thank you for the response! I use nebula and have been getting into the fediverse little by little since I discovered lemmy. I even got Linux on a laptop a few months ago. Every time I switch to a more open source or consumer focused service I just find it so much better, which has led me here to trying out new browsers and search engines

Thank you! SearXNG is like a self hosted thing right? I’ve only vaguely heard about it.

Quite a few people have suggested that so I think I’ll end up doing the free trial then a month on the lowest tier and see how things go. Thank you!

I did see something about that but I thought I misunderstood bc it sounded too good to be true! Thank you for the reply!

I looked into the Orion browser a bit but it looked like it had a lot of ai stuff. Currently I use Firefox on mobile but I’m open to changing it. Thank you for the response!

Short and sweet lol. Thank you!

Thank you!

Thank you

That’s awesome! Thank you!

Honestly this is the best way to advertise it to me. Thank you!

Thank you for the response! I think the first time I heard of Kagi was actually about their LinkedIn translations lol

Yeah I have a browser add on that lets me block sites but being able to say “I want to see more of this” instead of just “never show me this again” sounds very nice. Thank you for the response!

This is really helpful! Thank you! I didn’t realize people could report slop sites. That’s a huge plus in my book

Do you know, if I type in a website in the search bar and go directly there, does that count as a search bc it uses the search bar, or does it only count if you actually load a page of results? Like if I go directly to YouTube.com or I just search YouTube and then click on the result, are those both considered a search, or just the latter? I would assume only the latter, but I’m not certain. If they both are considered a search then I’d definitely be concerned about having enough searches

That’s good to know about how the search engine actually works! Having the ai stuff be opt-in instead of opt-out is also a huge plus. Thank you!

Haha yeah the step up from google to ddg was very noticeable. But then I saw people on here talking about Kagi and that got me wondering if things can be even better. Thank you!

Ew yeah that tweet does not encourage me to give them money… this gives me some good stuff to think about and I’ll check out qwant too. Thank you!

I didn’t know they rank the privacy policies. That’s pretty nice. Thank you!