Perplexity is my default search now. Google still wins when I need a specific doc, a login page, or something obscure the model has not seen.
The useful bit is the synthesis with sources under it. I ask about something from yesterday and get an answer plus links instead of ten blue tabs I open and close.
News
Discover replaced Apple News for me. Without Apple One I kept hitting paywalls on full articles. Discover is a skim, not a magazine subscription, and that is fine for how I actually read news — headlines, enough context, click through when I care.
I pay for Pro. I did not expect to pay for “search.” The free tier was enough to form the habit; Pro removed the friction that made me bounce back to Google mid-task.
One quick signal
Did this earn your time?
Thanks. That gives me something concrete to check.
About the author
KahWee Teng
I’m a staff software engineer focused on frontend systems and developer experience. I write from migrations, measured tradeoffs, and tools tested in real work.
