This. I was skeptical at first, but it is indeed good at searching and answering questions without! That said, I still have to double-check results for niche queries or about stuff that is relatively new. Sometimes, the "sources" for the answers are just someone's opinions — unsubstantiated by any facts — on an old Reddit post that's only tangentially related to the topic. And sometimes, you simply know that manual search and digging through SO answers yourself will yield better results. At this point I've developed a gut feeling that helps me decide whether to prompt Perplexity or just g**gle it.

It's my default search engine.

It is annoying when I really do want just a link. In that case, I would tab select the Google search engine in Chrome.

But for a lot else, Perplexity very nice.