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Help me pick a search engine (lemmy.world)
submitted 1 month ago by cosmicrookie@lemmy.world to c/degoogle@lemmy.ml
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Qwant Vs Kagi Vs Ecosia

I have been using Qwant for some time, but I am not quite happy with it. Both the quality of the search results, and the lack of a paid option to get rid of advertisement are annoying to me.

I used to have Kagi as my main search engine, and liked it quite a lot. I know that a few people have personal issues with the owner, based on some blog post that gets shared every time, but my own reason for not using it currently, is because it is based in the US. I don't know if I am willing to compromise on that for the moment, but I do feel like I was getting a better experience using that.

I haven't used Ecosia for some time, and might give it a try, but I am still concerned about the ads. It's not that I fear that they track my searches, the same way Google did, but I just don't like ads. I don't mind paying but as far as I know Ecosia still does not allow for paid plans to avoid the ads.

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[-] citc@zotum.net 3 points 1 month ago

@cosmicrookie
Thanks for the post, which prompted a quick search (ddg): #^https://d-shoot.net/kagi.html
The benefit of avoiding the amgaf system is to become aware of alternatives. Try to maintain a list and be prepared to change. Personal search engines: duckduckgo, ecosia, mojeek, startpage, qwant, base-search

[-] cosmicrookie@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago

Yeah - this is the post that keeps popping up every time someone mentions Kagi.
To me it seems more like a personal issue between the writer, and the owner of Kagi.

For me, I don't find it quite as suspicious, and have used it with great results some time ago. My main issue is that it is based in the US

[-] somerandomperson@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 1 month ago

Sadly, each have their own issues:

  • DDG: AI.
  • Ecosia: HORRIBLE TOS
  • Mojeek: Search results are very lacking.
  • Startpage: Recently started toying with AI, has more captchas
  • QWant: Data collection.
  • BASE: It's for Academic searches.
[-] Tiempo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

DDG has a no AI alternative. https://noai.duckduckgo.com/

[-] citc@zotum.net 4 points 1 month ago

@somerandomperson
Agree, therefore the personal preference to keep using alternatives, changing, being aware of new options.
Together with anonymous proxy, extensions 'muorigin', 'privacybadger', 'ghostery', it is considered that minimal useful data goes to amgaf.

[-] somerandomperson@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 month ago

What do you mean by "anonymous proxy"?

[-] citc@zotum.net 2 points 1 month ago

@somerandomperson
There various proxy servers, vpn ip addresses that can be used with 'proxychains' configuration

[-] TrickDacy@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

What's amgaf?

[-] fonji@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 month ago

I guessed gafam written in a different order. So amazon, microsoft, google, apple, facebook

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