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

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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[-] lseif@sopuli.xyz 2 points 11 months ago

startpage is alright if u want a quick alternative.

but definitely look into searx. it can be annoying to choose an instance (unless you self host!), but it can be a lot more customizable and decentralized

[-] scottmeme@sh.itjust.works 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

I run a whoogle instance personally

[-] girl@sopuli.xyz 1 points 11 months ago

How is an instance a search engine?

[-] scottmeme@sh.itjust.works 2 points 11 months ago

Whoogle is a self hosted front end for google. You just run it and it will pass the search to Google and strip all the bullshit out.

[-] girl@sopuli.xyz 1 points 11 months ago

Thanks for the info!

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[-] shinigamiookamiryuu@lemm.ee 2 points 11 months ago

I used to be a part of the DuckDuckGo hype train until I found out they did actually track data (not an issue to me personally, but it betrayed their key marketing point), as used to be demonstrable if you had a slow internet and hovered your cursor over a link (it would show the tracking data loading). It was the one thing separating them from Ecosia, and I decided to join the Ecosia hype train, even if their own promises are themselves highly exaggerated. Every effort to do what Ecosia promises, even failed efforts, are appreciable.

[-] iturnedintoanewt@lemm.ee 1 points 11 months ago

How would you go about setting searxng for search suggestions? I'm not sure i understand the documentation.

[-] Bebo@literature.cafe 1 points 11 months ago

I am generally switching between Google and duck duck go on Firefox. When Google gives shitty results (which is frequently) I switch over to ddg.

[-] kzhe@lemm.ee 1 points 11 months ago

Kagi if you're willing to pay. Otherwise tryaS Searx instance.

[-] joel_feila@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

You want a free search, Brave. Don't like brave, then qwant. I use Kagi. It costs money but it is great.

[-] scytale@lemm.ee 1 points 11 months ago

You can absolutely configure the default search engine on your browser to a custom one in some cases. I use startpage and it isn’t in the default options, but it can be added.

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