Have you tried Perplexity? I feel like you don’t even need bangs if you just use Perplexity for search. I have it set as my default search engine on my browser.
Once you start using DuckDuckGo with "bangs," it's hard to go back. Just add "!" followed by a platform's initials to your query for a site-specific search.
'!chat' for AI, '!r' for reddit, and '!yt', & 13,567+ 🤍🤌
If you're still using Google, give DDG a serious try. When you really need Google results, just add "!g" to your query. It's simple yet powerful.
DDG isn't perfect, but Google is worse—it's not even close.
Learn more about DDG bangs and maybe try it as your default search engine for a few days: https://duckduckgo.com/bangs
Discussion
Yeah sometimes Perplexity, most of the time I use Arc search for complex web queries; I like it's UI, It's handy for getting a quick overview or doing some light research.
However, I haven't really done any serious work or extensive research using these models with internet access.
https://video.nostr.build/184dbbe8bf2ac63e334cba639ded82290da46daf16d6a2530c52700a99517e00.mp4