Perplexity is something I had skepticism for but it (Perplexity Pro) has all replaced my talking to a neural net needs. i still use Google but their default ai responses annoy me so i avoid it these days, why is that spam there for me to process when searching is already a chore. The only complaint i have is the perplexity webapp is very slow on my older devices. It should switch to a lighter version if possible.
AI comments in general mean something different once versions are clarified. I've never seen so many comment threads where people don't specify clearly which version(s) they are discussing, which seems relevant 95+% of the time.