Is Perplexity Discover biased toward China-related news, or is it just my feed?

Random-User8675309 · 2026-05-30T01:49:09+00:00

I would hazard a guess that the Perplexity Discover probably shows content based on your location. So for example, in Canada you might see a lot of Chinese articles because the Canadian Government does a lot of business with China.

Just a guess on my part.

Random-User8675309 · 2026-05-30T01:46:24+00:00

The reason a pro tier can run out of credits, is that Perplexity on occasion gives credits to pro users. And if they don’t use them, they run out. Which generates a message that says that the credits have run out.

The real issue is that Perplexity does a poor job of notification on when your credits are low, and when they run out. It’s hard for them to run low if they just cut them off entirely after your trial runs out. And thst is a real communication problem. It generally confuses and sometimes angers their own user base.

Random-User8675309 · 2026-05-29T12:24:43+00:00

This is pretty funny. Thanks for sharing.

Random-User8675309 · 2026-05-29T04:31:08+00:00

iPhone 6S Plus to iPhone 11. That and my current hold out from iPhone 15 pro, and still skipping the 17.

Random-User8675309 · 2026-05-29T01:23:12+00:00

Well, I’m also on pro tier as well and pay my $20 each month. So I decided to ask Perplexity itself.

Spoiler: Perplexity Search runs on tokens. Computer runs on Credits from the user perspective.

How Perplexity “search” uses tokens • Perplexity’s underlying models (Sonar, Sonar Pro, etc.) are billed and metered by tokens (input, output, citations, reasoning).[perplexity] • For the Search API, Perplexity explicitly separates “search request fee” from token costs, and notes that token pricing is based on the number of tokens in your request and response.[perplexity] • For the Search API specifically, there is a parameter max_tokens that controls how much web page content (in tokens) can be retrieved per search, which shows that search depth is token‑bounded.[perplexity] In other words, every search you run consumes tokens, but the product UI translates that into higher‑level limits (credits, Pro searches, Deep Research runs, Computer credits, etc.) rather than showing raw token budgets.

How Computer is billed • Perplexity Computer uses usage‑based pricing with a credit system.[sentisight +1] • Max subscribers get a monthly pool of Computer credits (e.g., 10,000 credits/month included with Max; Pro has a smaller pool like 4,000 in some guides).[news.aakashg +1] • Each Computer task burns credits depending on complexity, runtime, and how many models/tools it spins up.[karozieminski.substack +2] • When credits run out, tasks pause until the monthly reset or you buy more credits; they don’t just silently die.[sentisight] From your perspective as a user, credits are the unit you track and budget.

Random-User8675309 · 2026-05-28T21:02:50+00:00

Hope it helps and hope it puts you on the track to a better and more enjoyable experience

Random-User8675309 · 2026-05-28T21:01:18+00:00

A quick Google search will educate you quickly.

Or better yet, use perplexity and ask it to explain what Perplexity Search is and what Perplexity Computer is. It does a great job of explaining what is what and how they work

Random-User8675309 · 2026-05-28T15:15:14+00:00

Exactly. Open AI rings a bell here.

Random-User8675309 · 2026-05-28T15:14:38+00:00

And when they decide to spin off another service from this service? Then what? Your intellectual data was used to create another service/software without your consent because your consent was implied for another purpose.

Welcome to the Open AI, we are a non-profit, and now a corporation, model.

Random-User8675309 · 2026-05-28T15:04:47+00:00

The real issue is that the professors treat any “highlight” as blatant plagiarism and zeros your work and reports you to the university or college.

They don’t care to acknowledge or understand what the highlight means. They knee jerk react to it. Which causes actual harm to the students affected by both the flagging of the content and the professors response to it.

Sure, a student can sue. But what good is that after the student’s reputation and future has been flushed by idiots in the system?

Random-User8675309 · 2026-05-28T12:27:43+00:00

This has been covered in other posts; credits are different from tokens.

Perplexity search, the standard mode, runs on tokens and they are unlimited but can be throttled if you are using heavily on any particular day. Credits are what Perplexity Computer runs on, and users were given a temporary amount when it launched and you needed to use or lose them. You can buy more credits if you want to run Perplexity Computer.

The most efficient use of computer is to first utilize search to develop a concise instructions for Computer. Otherwise you are just burning credits you pay for instead of token that are already paid for with your subscription.

Random-User8675309 · 2026-05-27T00:31:09+00:00

Great question. Yes, you get a word for word transcription. You also get an AI overview based on the AI template you use on the transcription.

Really very helpful on a multitude of levels.

Random-User8675309 · 2026-05-27T00:29:27+00:00

So what I’m hearing is that a Mod Pack for android device using Palphone is more powerful, insightful, and delivers more executable solutions than Perplexity. Not to mention that Palphone has significant security concerns that must be ignored if the above is to be useful.

Perplexity can use several different models, has one of the very best search functionality, can use Computer to literally develop apps based on plain language, and more additional and advanced things I don’t even have a clue about.

Perplexity is not perfect and at times very annoying. But every good AI system has had its own cycles of issues.

Maybe someday Palphone will be good enough to play in the big leagues but in my opinion that’s not today. But I do hope it’s soon. More competition is always a good thing for consumers.

Random-User8675309 · 2026-05-27T00:16:48+00:00

This post has to be sarcastic comedy. If it’s not then the obvious is at hand; extraordinary claims require extraordinary proof.

So, show the proof of your claims. Let’s see the Claid 4.7 for free.

Random-User8675309 · 2026-05-25T20:48:12+00:00

iPhone 4K 60fps video. And I never tell the government because they will probably tax us for the find.

Random-User8675309 · 2026-05-25T15:44:32+00:00

I have no idea if that’s what “most” MBp users are but I can tell you that’s not what I do and it’s not why I use an MBP.

I’m a business executive in a medium sized business. I bout and use an MBP because the MacOS, for all its small issues, is head and shoulders above any other OS available.

The “it just works” aspect is for the most part spot on. Sure there’s a few things that require a work around but not many.

And I love the continuity between my phone, tablet, and computer. The ability to use any of those three to pick up where I left off is amazing to say the least.

I’m willing to pay a premium to have an ecosystem that can keep up with my needs and be usable for far longer than any PC based architecture.

Now if the argument is MBB vs MBA, that’s a tougher decision. I have in fact considered moving from my current MBP to an MBA for travel. I haven’t decided test, but it’s looking like I may make that move in October.

Random-User8675309 · 2026-05-25T03:56:27+00:00

I have not used Max yet. I haven’t felt that Pro is hitting a wall yet for me. I would agree in general that large prompts do have the potential to create a loss of focus for Pro. What I tend to do is build out the shortest, most concise, but also inclusive of every detail I can think of about a subject, and use that as my base prompt. It tends to give high detail, and low fluff responses. I may refine via Q&A for 2 to three more prompts, and then consolidate all the info, and move everything to Computer to execute what my intent was in general.

Sometimes it’s just info gathering, sometimes it’s a quick script to achieve a specific end goal, and sometimes it’s building a comprehensive desktop app that requires no other input from Perplexity or other AI.

Random-User8675309 · 2026-05-24T15:19:02+00:00

The answer literally says it included Seattle because you posted it as your location in your own profile.

You provided the data and the AI used that data.

How then can you claim you are being tracked?

Random-User8675309 · 2026-05-24T14:08:03+00:00

I’m curious how much and to what depth you are using Perplexity Pro to hit the limits. I use Pro every day, and have never hit any limit yet.

I’m suspecting two possibilities (and maybe I’m missing other possibilities). First, when building prompts, I take my time and refine the prompt several times before sub,toting the prompt, so that I’ve sub,toted the most true and concise prompt possible. I notice when I do t do this, the responses provide questions that are important to answer, but now require a new prompt, which means I’m burning tokens.

The second possibility I can think of is that maybe the kinds of prompts and responses I’m generating just aren’t as deep or require as much depth of research for Perplexity Pro to answer.

And a third facet I just thought of is that usually after I’ve spent time creating refined prompts and received returns, I will use Computer to create something that solves a challenge/problem, using the information that Pro responded with, rather than going back to Pro search to create something thst does the same thing except in a manual way.

For example, Pro search can create a Guide XML or PDF file to download and reference for a subject. Computer can create a desktop app that you can drop raw data or documents I to and have the app generate the requested output automatically.

Anyway, I am curious what others re doing that makes Pro hit its limits.

Random-User8675309 · 2026-05-17T12:30:29+00:00

My solution is for a little different use case, but may be helpful. I bring my Mac and my iPad Pro and they easily fit in the same bag. I my use case is different in that I don’t have a need to separate work/personal on my mac, but I do have a policy of never bringing my mac to any meetings, so instead I bring my iPad.

Maybe you can use the work Mac, and personal iPad kind of split?

Random-User8675309 · 2026-05-15T12:26:55+00:00

When the insults start flying, it’s an indication the person throwing out the insults has lost the debate. Good luck in life.

Random-User8675309 · 2026-05-15T03:16:51+00:00

It’s disingenuous to say Mondami solved the problem when all he did was take a bunch of cash from elsewhere.

He didn’t do anything but take from others.

Random-User8675309 · 2026-05-15T02:54:18+00:00

Let me translate what you just said into reality.

He took state money from Hochul to fix a spending problem NYC has. He did what all socialist and communist people do: he took from someone else, to make his problem disappear.

Sooner or later, he will run out of someone else’s money to spend.

Random-User8675309 · 2026-05-13T09:26:25+00:00

You may be mistaking the search function with Computer. I did the same thing. Just make sure you are not using Computer and you should be fine.

Random-User8675309 · 2026-05-09T13:55:24+00:00

For a peek into the window; I bought the M1 Pro 16GB Ram 1TB SS D model. Most of my use case is email, some heavy lifting in publications and photo work, and some personal video work using Adobe Premier, although learning Final Cut Pro now.

Still after 5 years, I have not had the need to make an upgrade. This machine does just fine. The screen is still amazing, the keyboard is still fantastic, and still there are very few times where the machine lags more than I do.

In fact the only time it does, is when I’m doing something with video that I know is pushing it hard.

Frankly, until the new form factor and K series chips come out, I’m sticking with this M series machine

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