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[Resolved] Is anybody else having issues with DuckDuckGo and StartPage? (slrpnk.net)

submitted 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) by toaster@slrpnk.net to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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screenshot of searching "test" in start page that doesn't return any results

EDIT: looks like they're back.

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[-] DerisionConsulting@lemmy.ca 90 points 10 months ago

yes, everyone on earth.

Bing API is down, which has killed some things.

[-] Scolding0513@sh.itjust.works 19 points 10 months ago

I thought Startpage used Google, not Bing?

[-] Treachery4524@lemmy.ml 7 points 10 months ago

This definitely makes me confused. I thought their whole thing was that they were a proxy for google results??

[-] Scolding0513@sh.itjust.works 7 points 10 months ago

maybe they use both,or maybe Bing was cheaper now

[-] tostiman@sh.itjust.works 5 points 10 months ago

Yeah, me too

[-] AbidingOhmsLaw@lemmy.ml 60 points 10 months ago

Microsoft’s Bing API services (the source of DuckDuckGo’s search data) went down at approx 3am ET and has not yet returned to service. Bing, DuckDuckGo, CoPilot, ChatGPT and more are unable to use the Bing services so in turn are also not working or not working fully.

[-] floofloof@lemmy.ca 22 points 10 months ago

Ecosia was affected too. It's Bing with trees.

[-] pineapplelover@lemm.ee 2 points 10 months ago

Thought it was google with trees

[-] ExtremeDullard@lemmy.sdf.org 10 points 10 months ago

CoPilot, ChatGPT and more are unable to use the Bing services so in turn are also not working or not working fully.

That's sad, since one would logically expect any AI to get better if it loses access to Bing search results.

[-] Jumuta@sh.itjust.works 4 points 10 months ago

huh, I thought ddg had its own indexer?

[-] RmDebArc_5@sh.itjust.works 10 points 10 months ago

Only for the instant answers. The regular results are all bing

[-] 0xtero@beehaw.org 58 points 10 months ago

This is the moment in Scooby-Doo where the gang unmasks the person they've just caught and underneath is just the Microsoft Bing logo

[-] kbal@fedia.io 18 points 10 months ago

Somebody really Binged it up.

[-] Scolding0513@sh.itjust.works 8 points 10 months ago

Bingus

[-] eager_eagle@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago

Bingus Duckus

[-] Scolding0513@sh.itjust.works 2 points 10 months ago

Biggus Dickus...

"Send him to the lions"

[-] land@lemmy.ml 14 points 10 months ago

Time to ditch duckduckBing

[-] WreckingBANG@lemmy.ml 35 points 10 months ago

Why? Because it is down or because you just noticed that is is basicly just a Bing-Proxy?

[-] Redacted@lemmy.world 13 points 10 months ago

Probably because it's down. I for one am surprised they have no failover for when Bing goes down.

[-] Crack0n7uesday@lemmy.world 10 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

I'm more surprised bing doesn't have a fail over for whenever bing goes down.

[-] land@lemmy.ml 6 points 10 months ago

It’s my backup search engine. I use Brave and Searx as the main search engines.

[-] XTL@sopuli.xyz 2 points 10 months ago

https://www.spacebar.news/stop-using-brave-browser/

Brave is a series scammer. Always has been, always will be.

[-] land@lemmy.ml 1 points 10 months ago

Brave search* sorry for the confusion. I use floorp as my main browser.

[-] jjlinux@lemmy.ml 0 points 10 months ago

An individual with cultural galore over here. Great choices.

[-] TranquilTurbulence@lemmy.zip 1 points 10 months ago

Nah, just switched to searx for a day, and came back once DDG was up again.

[-] ZeroHora@lemmy.ml 9 points 10 months ago

It's back now.

[-] QuentinCallaghan@sopuli.xyz 8 points 10 months ago

Yes I had. DuckDuckGo was crippled as Bing was down today.

[-] Jumuta@sh.itjust.works 6 points 10 months ago

startpage was fine for me

[-] classic@fedia.io 2 points 10 months ago

It seemed to be out last night for me. Came up with no results for some really basic searches

[-] Tywele@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 10 months ago

I was wondering why Ecosia didn't give me any search results yesterday. Well, now I know.

[-] geography082@lemm.ee 2 points 10 months ago

Ahhhh my self hosted SearXNG is inmune HA!

[-] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 0 points 10 months ago

Its a known issue

[-] GolfNovemberUniform@lemmy.ml -3 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Yes. It even interrupted a flashing procedure of a device of mine and almost bricked it

[-] InnerScientist@lemmy.world 43 points 10 months ago

How does a search engine being offline interrupt a device flashing?

[-] tetris11@lemmy.ml 19 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Its quite embarrassing you've asked this, tbh. Obviously you've never run

dd if=$(while :; do curl bing.com/q=$RANDOM; done) of=/dev/sda1

and I think that's sad.

[-] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 2 points 10 months ago

I want to do this now

[-] invisiblegorilla@sh.itjust.works 1 points 10 months ago

Holy fuckshits. You crazy motherfucker.

[-] ashaman2007@lemm.ee 0 points 10 months ago

Is this secure drive erasure 🤔🤔🤔

[-] kionite231@lemmy.ca 0 points 10 months ago

Saving it!

[-] GolfNovemberUniform@lemmy.ml 4 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Idk why it happened. Maybe the program uses that API to find new firmware versions. It was stuck at the beginning of the procedure

[-] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 4 points 10 months ago

Wait what?

[-] GolfNovemberUniform@lemmy.ml 0 points 10 months ago

The flashing app detected the device. The next step was downloading firmware and it was stuck on it for minutes (usually it takes a second or two). I almost ended up rebooting the device (which could absolutely brick it) but fortunately it found the firmware. Then I tested DDG to see if it was up. I don't really remember if it was but I think it was working for a few seconds

[-] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 5 points 10 months ago

Why was it pulling firmware from Bing? That's seems strange

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