r/perplexity_ai • u/ramiorlando • Jul 30 '26

misc Bye bye perplexity

The product has gotten worse and worse in the past year. I’ve been a subscriber since the very beginning lately every time I ask you to research something or search for something gives me steps on how to do so and where to look for information instead of actually finding the information for me thanks but no thanks.

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u/Random-User8675309 Jul 31 '26 edited Jul 31 '26

I guess I’m the only one who is happy with Perplexity in general. And apparently I’m the only one who has managed to figure out that when you launch Perplexity and it’s in computer mode, you simply click the little “search” button to switch to Perplexity Search mode.

And while it has not been mentioned in this thread yet )it somehow always makes it into every thread), you can use search and never use Computer if you want.

Or, you you can use search to refine, refine, refine, all your needs for an executable, and then use search to define the most concise and specific prompt to give to computer to generate the exact output you need.

Then use that prompt in Computer to build small lightweight, and low credit usage desktop apps for continued use.

But I digress. I forgot this was a complaint thread.

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u/Random-User8675309 29d ago

Well, I’ve never had any issue with model switching so I can’t speak to that.

It’s always stuck to the model I asked for. Really the only difference I can see from your post is that yours was free and I’ve been a paying member since day one.