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What search engine do you recommend that isn't Google or Bing? (lemmy.world)

submitted 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) by vermyndax@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world

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I'm still trying to de-Google my life, little by little. I don't trust Bing for similar reasons. DDG is feeling shady of late. What's the search engine you all recommend that I can inject into my daily life? Is there perhaps a search engine that is focused on code, or have we just all moved on to AI for searching?

Edit: I meant to also express my frustration that most browsers do not let you select a "default search engine" that can be used in the address bar aside from 3-5 pre-chosen engines. Seems like 2023 we should be able to customize that to our own liking.

Edit 2: Thanks for the recommendation of Kagi. I'm going to roll with it for a while. I see they have an extension for Safari that allows them to hijack the address bar, which is just what I needed.

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[-] Anticorp@lemmy.ml 29 points 11 months ago

Kagi. Nothing else even comes close. Kagi is what Google used to be, before they decided they'll show you whatever is profitable, rather than what they know you're looking for.

[-] MSids@lemmy.world 26 points 11 months ago

Not sure I'm ready to pay for search especially not at $5-10/mo.

[-] COASTER1921@lemmy.ml 10 points 11 months ago

Yep. Like $1.99 or $2.99 I can easily justify but $5/mo for only 300 searches feels too steep to me reguardless of result quality. I'll just go through the other pages of results from any other search engine.

[-] Anticorp@lemmy.ml 4 points 11 months ago

$10 gets you unlimited searches now. Idk about you, but I was continually frustrated with the results from all of the other search engines. I figured $10 is a small cost for my sanity, and privacy.

[-] TonyTonyChopper@mander.xyz 4 points 11 months ago

If you're not spending some money then you're not the customer, you're the product. Would you really prefer the web continue to be supported by ads and people who sell data about you?

[-] blurg@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago

If you’re not spending some money then you’re not the customer, you’re the product.

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[-] ArdMacha@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago

That statement didn't give you the money to pay for it though

[-] ReallyActuallyFrankenstein@lemmynsfw.com 5 points 11 months ago

I appreciate the non-ad-funded option, even if it is expensive, but I'm not sure it's even better than Google, looking at their sample results.

For example, Steve Jobs (again, to be clear, this is the result they specifically provide as an example of why you should pay) has two different links to the same Wikipedia article in the first five results. https://kagi.com/search?q=steve+jobs

Not to put you on the spot, but I'm still open to be convinced - do you have any examples of when Kagi did a great job to compare?

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