Is Facebook evil? Absolutely. Should people stop using it? Absolutely. Is drinking, gambling, eating junk food and smoking bad for you? Absolutely. Should this mean adults should not have the choice to do these things? Debatable.

Besides, opening up the API would also allow people to self-host their models and plug in their own servers instead of having to trust the whole private cloud compute project (yes I know, it’s verifiable by experts, but I as an average homelabber certainly can’t).

It’s important to note that this isn’t about privacy. It’s about freedom of choice, and the avoidance of lock-in due to monopolistic practices.

I understand as a power user you don't press on buttons, but from a UX perspective, if you don't trigger the search immediately upon typing, you need a button to start the search.

Your current UI suggests: Type in a query, and then click on "images" because that's the next thing that you can click.

(Also apparently my IP is now banned and now every page just reads "Forbidden," so I couldn't even buy your product if I tried. You really should invest a lot in UX if you want this to be a product that's used by anyone other than hardcore privacy nerds.)

1) type in a query and hit enter because there's no search button.

2) click signup, even though I want to evaluate it before creating an account.

3) apparently now I'm signed up without having to enter any details - what's the point? Just create a new session as soon as I initiate the search.

4) so now I need to return to the homepage to trigger another search.

5) search again, enter again. Now I'm greeted by a captcha.

6) after solving the captcha, I now have to enter my search query a third time because it wasn't saved

7) search results!

Guys.

I think the coming years will be pivotal for the web. Facebook attempted a similar strategy back when their apps got traction, but they ultimately failed. Let’s hope Google fails too.