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1. nixCraft 🐧 (nixcraft@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 23-May-2024 22:38:15 JST nixCraft 🐧

   DuckDuckGo, Microsoft Copilot, ChatGPT's web search, Ecosia, and Qwant all stopped working this morning because of Bing API. 😂 And they want Microsoft Copilot deeply integrated with Windows OS. Imagine someone is unable to book emergency medical appointments because Microsoft Copilot is down or you can't withdraw money or transfer funds through netbanking because AI and screenshot services are down. This is a good example of why we must not trust someone like Microsoft for anything serious.

   • Will (willa763@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 23-May-2024 22:42:44 JST Will

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     @nixCraft This is the greatest news of the day!

   • SeitheTokani (seithetokani@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 23-May-2024 22:43:21 JST SeitheTokani

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     @nixCraft well now i know why DDG was broken!! Thanks! I also had to switch to Brave search 🫣

   • nixCraft 🐧 (nixcraft@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 23-May-2024 22:49:59 JST nixCraft 🐧

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     Forget privacy and everything else, they can’t even keep magical AI API working. Too much dependency on 3rd party is always a bad thing no matter how much positive spin you put on it.

   • Proficiency (proficiency@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 23-May-2024 22:50:59 JST Proficiency

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     @nixCraft that explains why ecosia doesn't work for me today

   • Michael Knepprath (mknepprath@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 23-May-2024 22:56:10 JST Michael Knepprath

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     • Ian Brown :verified:

     @nixCraft @igb i hope they push it so far that my employer stops trying to push Teams on me

   • Human Mimic (tensorphase@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 23-May-2024 23:09:51 JST Human Mimic

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     @nixCraft Thank you, I was wondering why I was having problems with DuckDuckGo but I had no way to check without using Google

   • words_number (words_number@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 23-May-2024 23:26:40 JST words_number

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     @nixCraft This is actually the more important point! I mean microsoft might be particularly bad, but it actually doesn't really matter who is in charge. Systems just shouldn't depend on some server running if they don't absolutely have to.

   • Jo Jitsu (joblakely@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 24-May-2024 00:18:08 JST Jo Jitsu

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     @nixCraft all those different platforms are like a horcrux of MS and we need antitrust laws to protect us. The illusion of choice is NOT AN OPTION.

   • Ryek Darkener (_ryekdarkener_@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 24-May-2024 00:50:49 JST Ryek Darkener

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     @nixCraft

     Works as designed. And that’s our common problem.

   • remanded (remanded@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 24-May-2024 01:02:41 JST remanded

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     @nixCraft and yet they will somehow wind up with contracts for all of it smh

   • 🇵🇸 Álvaro González (kalvaro@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 24-May-2024 01:02:50 JST 🇵🇸 Álvaro González

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     @nixCraft So, I guess, this pretty much explains why every search engine I've tried returns the same exact results.

   • remanded (remanded@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 24-May-2024 01:03:22 JST remanded

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     @nixCraft i think honestly microsoft is deep in bed with the state dept/DoD etc in the US and europe and a lot of other places, there's a lot of behind the scenes schmoozing and corruption that keeps those contracts going to microsoft and its ilk

   • miket330 (miket330@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 24-May-2024 02:12:26 JST miket330

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     @nixCraft I hate how they want to force you to use their stuff...and it's buggy

   • Radio Azureus (radioazureus@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 24-May-2024 03:01:06 JST Radio Azureus

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     @nixCraft why did DuckDuckGo stop?

     #api #integration #SearchEngine

   • MadeInDex.org (madeindex@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 24-May-2024 03:47:46 JST MadeInDex.org

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     @nixCraft
     #FCKMicrosoft

   • vksxypants (vksxypants@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 24-May-2024 19:56:24 JST vksxypants

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     @nixCraft i thought it was just me!!

   • crisl_at (crisl_at@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 25-May-2024 16:49:31 JST crisl_at

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     @nixCraft That’s why ATM are still running windows xp 😂