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Google Search as you know it is over - but there are alternatives (techcrunch.com)
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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/47107360

Google is making its Search more centred around AI, turning it into a conversation.

Besides being a worse experience, the websites from which it sources its information are losing all traffic and recognition.

Recommend a list of alternatives:

  • Kagi - Paid but better experience than Google
  • Ecosia - Similar experience while supporting a good cause
  • Qwant - Increasingly unique results and building a EU-first index
  • DuckDuckGo - Privacy-focused search, but quality of results may vary

More options: https://purchasewithpurpose.io/category/search-engine/

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[-] teslasdisciple@lemmy.ca 1 points 3 days ago

I guess this will kill startpage

[-] racoon@lemmy.ml 1 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Startpage stopped working during the very same outage that took bing down

[-] Postmortal_Pop@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago

Why will this kill startpage? I only just found it because it's the default for waterfox and I'm quite happy with it. DDG has been getting worse and worse

[-] FrChazzz@lemmus.org 1 points 3 days ago

I started using Ecosia after noticing DDG's downward turn. So far I've enjoyed it. It has problems, but I think those problems are just what passes for the internet these days...

[-] teslasdisciple@lemmy.ca 2 points 3 days ago

Startpage uses google search. I think they use the paid API service, the question is whether that service will continue after these changes.

[-] snowydroopz@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

I hope not, i really really love startpage

this post was submitted on 20 May 2026
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