I am currently testing Kagi (they have a free tier limited to 100 search queries) and it’s the BEST.
I haven’t seen garbage AI or Reddit results in two days and actually find what I am looking for….
Going back to Google? - never, I’ll pay to use Kagi rather than subject myself to Googles AI garbage now after only two days.
Of course self diagnosis is valid. But you can’t expect everyone to accept it - that’s just life, but people do not have the right to tell you that you are wrong either.
However without a formal diagnosis there are no legal workplace supports, access to certain services (I live in Australia so YMMV) no access to certain medical services and medication and other things that actually require a formal diagnosis.
I am dubious though when people self diagnose but refuse to tell anyone other than the internet about it because they feel they will be discriminated against at work or by their peers……because for the rest of us who ended up with a formal diagnosis as a child we didn’t get that choice…so in that sense that view is a little bit privileged in that you get a choice many in the rest of the community did not….
Maybe but when those same people are typing about their self-diagnosis from an iPhone 15 Pro whilst complaining they cannot afford $900 for a diagnosis?
Yeah….ok……
People do things if they really really want to regardless of cost….funny how that works 🤷🏼♀️
And if you don’t want the “negatives” that come with diagnosis around other areas of life where you may be discriminated against as a result of said diagnosis, well too bad and welcome to the real world where the rest of us have to live - you don’t really have the same lived experience if you think that about an actual diagnosis then….and you will never understand what it’s like to actually be discriminated against for having said diagnosis…but what would I know……I’ve only been a diagnosed autistic since I was 12 so I didn’t get the memo I guess 🤷🏼♀️
I really don’t care to pay for access to a search engine that’s private, good results, no AI garbage results or reddit results….but you can say that you get what you pay for really…
It’s an insignificant amount of money considering some people spend a lot more than that in a day on a take away coffee….