Deliberately using an alternative is a form of protesting.

Some of the AI generated art has been beautiful.

deliberate, here's the defintion

This is why I have 4 accounts on 4 different instances. If one goes down I just start browsing on the other. 😀 👍

I stopped using google as my main search engine about 4 months ago. Duckduckgo.com is comparable in most ways, except things like maps are a bit less visually enjoyable to use.

Why?

Real intelligence comes from real life experiences in reality which an AI is incapable of experiencing.