Maybe Mandy could ‘get forgotten’ if she used another search engine [Soapbox, March 11]. When I initially used the internet about 1992, Google was just one search engine amongst many.
I never used it until it took over the world.
Recently, I got sick of Google giving me AI answers before the real info. After I’d asked it to tell me how they put the statue on top of Mont Saint Michel’s spire in 1897, it told me a helicopter put it there. It conflated the refurb in 2016 with the 1897 installation. Artificial Stupid.
I tried to get rid of Google AI and found out it is difficult. So I googled [ironically] how to get another search engine and came up with DuckDuckGo (DDG).
At the moment, DDG says it doesn’t store my data; no ads pop up, and it seems to work. Some sites on DDG that I have used for years in Google require usernames and passwords, so I go back to Google for ease. Maybe Mandy, you could get away from Google too, and just be wonderful you!
For four decades The Echo has printed the stories some people loved, some people hated, and some pretended not to read. If you want us to keep telling the truth, the real truth, not the sugar-coated version. We’ll need your support to keep the presses rolling. 
