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What search engine y'all are using? (lemmy.world)
submitted 1 day ago by zerozaku@lemmy.world to c/privacy@lemmy.world
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I am kinda fed up off trying all these privacy focused search engines which provide lesser quality service. Here's what I've tried so far:

  1. Duckduckgo: bad results when you search something that piracy related
  2. Searx: I'm not geeky enough to host mine own searx so I just jump from one instance to another and the uptimes have been bad.
  3. Startpage: Idk why it's down most of the time
  4. Ecosia: Not very private, but I just tried it for the sake of it. It's bad when it comes to the results.

Honestly I feel Brave search is the best when it comes to results. But the sketchy practices kept me away from it. Kagi is paid so I haven't tried it.

What have you been using?

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[–] ekZepp@lemmy.world 13 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Duck Duck works for me. I use the "Disable Ai" addon (libreoffice) to remove most of the useless stuff. I've also tried Ecosia, but the lack of option for chronological results is a big No for me.

[–] vk6flab@lemmy.radio 18 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] ekZepp@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

I've use it, but sometime it goes offline. The main DuckDuck with the addon is good enough for now.