auth VS pyllms

I've been happy with Ente Auth

https://github.com/ente-io/auth

I can highly recommend Ente Photos[0]. It has automatic backup, and a very good replication architecture for maximum reliability[1]. It's also super easy to use and everything is encrypted by default.

[0] https://ente.io/

Running machine learning on device.

Context: I'm working on an e2ee alternative to Google Photos[1] where we have to cluster embeddings (for face recognition) and run similarity searches (for semantic search[2]) on device.

[1]: https://ente.io

[2]: https://openai.com/research/clip

> there is no better alternative

If your primary device is Android, please check out Ente[1].

We are an E2EE alternative to Google Photos. We had launched on HN[2] a while ago, and have been working towards feature parity. We aren't "there" yet, but hope to soon be.

If you've any feedback, please share it with [email protected], I'd be grateful!

[1]: https://ente.io

[2]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28347439

I use: Signal, ente.io and the Proton suite of producs. And tresorit as well. I kinda trust those things.

Proton is starting to become more like https://ente.io

Kagi | Full & Part Time | Remote | http://kagi.com

Kagi is building a user-centric search engine, free from ads and tracking.

Our primary language is Crystal, and we are always interested in talking to developers who share our values. Some of our roles are listed below, but feel free to reach out even if you don't see a match.

https://help.kagi.com/kagi/company/hiring-kagi.html

You can reach me directly at [email protected]

If you're looking for alternative search, I have to mention Kagi (https://kagi.com/). Not free, but totally worth it to filter out results like geeksforgeeks, tutorialspoint, w3schools etc.

Tip: use bang searches from the browser address bar by setting your default search engine to DuckDuckGo (or https://kagi.com/)

Shout out to the Kagi search engine. There are no ads. The only incentive is to be good enough to earn your money.

All 3 of your examples are add-driven free platforms for finding content that the platform didn't produce. Free platforms are incentivized to overwhelm you with options, forcing you to look at everything, including ads. Like a grocery store or Ikea, they don't want you to make a quick in-and-out visit. They want you to look at everything they have in hopes that you'll be impulsive.

You want pretty much the opposite: a tool. Tools let you quickly and efficiently accomplish a task. No distractions. When you're done, you're done.

The paths to salvation that I see:

* Pay for tools that work well when they're available. I can't speak for them myself, but I know people who swear by <https://kagi.com/> for ad-free web searches.*

* Put time and effort into your own tools. For example, you can setup and run your own search engine. Although, if you're willing to put in that effort you might put effort into hijacking and cleaning up the interfaces of free platforms instead.

* Vote and campaign for interoperability laws to enable others to put effort into hijacking and cleaning up bad interfaces.

*Surprisingly, interfaces don't get much better when you pay for video and music streaming services. I think that comes down to how most people use them. Most people don't open Netflix knowing what they want to watch. They open Netflix knowing that they're going want to watch something, and hoping to find something entertaining.

I've been using Kagi [0] since a few months and I am extremely surprised how well it works. With DDG it took a few months and then I just added !g everywhere because I never found what I was looking for. With Kagi I almost never do that, every now and then I think I am not able to find what I expect and then I add !g, so far it hasn't given me more then what Kagi gives me.

So, I am wondering how much money you would really need. Because if Kagi can do it, why can't Bing do it?

[0]: https://kagi.com