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Getting unhappy about DuckDuckGo (lemmy.ca)
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For several years I've been using DuckDuckGo instead of Google Search, and I've been overall quite happy with the results. Only rarely had I to resort to Google search (!g).

During the last month or two, however, I've found myself using the !g switch and Google search more than half of the time. DuckDuckGo shows no or few results where Google shows more (and useful) ones.

Still I don't want to give in. So:

  • Have you also experienced this worsening of DuckDuckGo?
  • Which other more privacy-respecting alternatives do you recommend?
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[-] pglpm@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 week ago

I remember reading that there was something "fishy" with Startpage, which is why I abandoned it quickly. But don't remember where.

Luckily I don't often search for videos, but I agree that it seems difficult to find good search alternatives there.

[-] ZeroCool@lemmy.ca 9 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

For what it's worth, Mullvad recently opened up Leta to people without Mullvad VPN accounts. It's a google/brave search proxy so pretty much what Startpage claims to do, but I trust Mullvad to actually respect my privacy more than I do Startpage.

[-] Unmapped@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 week ago

This is awesome. Is there a DDG !bang for this? I would love to use it in place of !g for the few times I resort to !g.

[-] zdhzm2pgp@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 week ago

StartPage should be !sp.

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