What search engines do you use? (lemmygrad.ml)

submitted 4 days ago by AlbigensianGhoul@lemmygrad.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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Tired of duckduckgo using MSN's amp thing for news or blocking some websites, and it's now adding shit AI too. Don't want to spend any money running a searxng instance for the time being and most public instances are too overwhelmed.

Any suggestions? Doesn't need to be perfect, just not too annoying.

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[-] JackGreenEarth@lemm.ee 5 points 4 days ago

I use DuckDuckGo. AI isn't bad inherently, just the proprietary, censored, corporate stuff. DuckDuckGo's AI isn't forced on you, is private, open weights, and less censored than the main players.

[-] optissima@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 day ago

It used unethically collected databases, you seemed to miss that on your list.

[-] ocean@lemmy.selfhostcat.com 8 points 4 days ago

Their results are just bing…

[-] wuphysics87@lemmy.ml 3 points 3 days ago

Ddg is more or less a proxy, but yes

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