Why hackers moved from Gemini to Perplexity
1 hacker described this switch in public comments. Their words, with links to the originals.
What hackers said about the move
“At some point, I switched from ChatGPT and Gemini to Perplexity as it promised AI-powered search.”flail, 2026-05-15original comment ↗
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Gemini vs Perplexity
| Gemini | Perplexity | |
|---|---|---|
| Hackers who recommend | 12 | 2 |
| Hackers who criticize | 5 | 1 |
| Moved away from it | 2 | 0 |
| Moved to it | 4 | 1 |
Counts are distinct hackers in the sampled comments, not market share.
Criticism of Gemini
“Google's Gemini hallucinated spots or imagined details -- at one point it included a shed in the middle of a road”user2722, 2026-10-03original comment ↗
“AI probably wont save you (Gemini sure wont).”autoexec, 2026-08-18original comment ↗
“I find myself cutting all ties with google services (youtube premium, drive, gemini etc.) as they try to force unwanted features and workflows in my daily life.”f4stjack, 2026-06-03original comment ↗
“I was not impressed. It is straight up unreliable, e.g. deleting code and forgetting to add the new stuff it was asked to”kaspermarstal, 2026-05-19original comment ↗
“In the middle of the conversation it randomly switched from English to Russian and clearly struggled to maintain the tone imposed by the built-in prompt.”VTimofeenko, 2026-02-19original comment ↗
Praise for Perplexity
“Use Perplexity or Reddit's AI to search for high-quality resources.”ILoveHorses, 2026-02-03original comment ↗
Other moves from Gemini
- Gemini → Claude (1)