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What search engine y'all are using? (lemmy.world)
submitted 11 hours 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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[–] zerozaku@lemmy.world 7 points 10 hours ago

You can easily get around your country's restrictions using private DNS. Go to your browser, search for secure DNS and choose any provider, preferably anything that's privacy-focused.

And btw move away from every Opera product.