Hrm I think it was… I haven’t kept up to date on it tho. duckduckgo has lots of problems too iirc. Basically searx is the only good one privacy-wise and its barely functional imo.
yup, unfortunately the search engine niche is in bad shape to say the least: duckduckgo has gaslighted everyone into believing they are private and even bullied the tor devs to use as default search engine somehow lol
There’s also Infinity Search which is completely libre, it’s based in the USA, but I think it’s a start and it’s way better than the rest of the competitors and more functional than Searx IMO, it has some usability issues but they aren’t that big of a deal.
You know, I coulda also sworn I read that it was started in the US (New York)… but now it says it is the main branch is in the Netherlands. I do still use it ocassionally though.
I was using startpage for a while but when using Vpn and searching a lot with it, it suddenly stops working and asks you to fill out a form explaining what you were searching for lmao with your email attached to it or something like that. Given that I wasn’t even looking for anything remotely illegal, I dumped them after the incident.
wasn’t startpage bought by system1 (some weird mix between data analytics and advertising agency) 🤔?
Hrm I think it was… I haven’t kept up to date on it tho. duckduckgo has lots of problems too iirc. Basically searx is the only good one privacy-wise and its barely functional imo.
yup, unfortunately the search engine niche is in bad shape to say the least: duckduckgo has gaslighted everyone into believing they are private and even bullied the tor devs to use as default search engine somehow lol
There’s also Infinity Search which is completely libre, it’s based in the USA, but I think it’s a start and it’s way better than the rest of the competitors and more functional than Searx IMO, it has some usability issues but they aren’t that big of a deal.
interesting, thanks, i’ll definitely check it out
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What’s the issue with duckduckgo? Care to share? Thanks
Here’s some.
yeah wow that’s awful stuff. Been using Qwant a lot more recently, any takes on it?
Not sure, haven’t read anything on it yet.
You know, I coulda also sworn I read that it was started in the US (New York)… but now it says it is the main branch is in the Netherlands. I do still use it ocassionally though.
I was using startpage for a while but when using Vpn and searching a lot with it, it suddenly stops working and asks you to fill out a form explaining what you were searching for lmao with your email attached to it or something like that. Given that I wasn’t even looking for anything remotely illegal, I dumped them after the incident.