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What search engine do you recommend that isn't Google or Bing? (lemmy.world)

submitted 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) by vermyndax@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world

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I'm still trying to de-Google my life, little by little. I don't trust Bing for similar reasons. DDG is feeling shady of late. What's the search engine you all recommend that I can inject into my daily life? Is there perhaps a search engine that is focused on code, or have we just all moved on to AI for searching?

Edit: I meant to also express my frustration that most browsers do not let you select a "default search engine" that can be used in the address bar aside from 3-5 pre-chosen engines. Seems like 2023 we should be able to customize that to our own liking.

Edit 2: Thanks for the recommendation of Kagi. I'm going to roll with it for a while. I see they have an extension for Safari that allows them to hijack the address bar, which is just what I needed.

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[–] Xatolos@reddthat.com 8 points 10 months ago (2 children)

DuckDuckGo is Bing. It's just stripped of Microsoft "extras".

[–] TheMadnessKing@lemdro.id 56 points 10 months ago (2 children)

But it doesn't track you. So, better Privacy

[–] rostby@lemmy.fmhy.net 3 points 10 months ago

ublock origin says otherwise

[–] cyberpunk007@lemmy.world 6 points 10 months ago (2 children)

How so? It existed before bing.

[–] imkali@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 10 months ago (1 children)

They have changed the way they gather results since they first launched.

[–] cyberpunk007@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

Ok so it's a bing proxy basically?

[–] kzhe@lemm.ee 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

DDG uses Bing for 100% of its results.

[–] Jourei@lemm.ee 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Interesting, when DDG fails to give me anything worth while, I go to Bing and usually get what I'm looking for.

[–] cyberpunk007@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

People use bing? I find the results just like a dogs breakfast. Such a mess.

[–] Jourei@lemm.ee 1 points 10 months ago

I use bing more and more. It's not fantastic but feels like it's on track to be ome better than google.