I left big tech on the other hand. I use RSS for most 'news'.
I have bookmarks for most common Internet places: https://rumca-js.github.io/search
I have my music bookmarked also https://rumca-js.github.io/music
I have some parts of the Internet crawled. It takes a long time to boot, but once project is running I can search all domains: https://rumca-js.github.io/internet
Some people complain about AI slop. I do not encounter it.
That does not mean I do not use google, or chatgpt, but only for things I cannot find at my bookmarks.