I’m trying to degoogle. I’ve heard good things about DuckDuckGo and I’ve been using it for the past few weeks and it’s pretty solid. But I’m just wondering what the Lemmy/Piefed community prefer for a search engine.

  • Libb@piefed.socialEnglish
    41·
    2 days ago

    Qwant/Ecosia.

    Used to use Kagi (paid search engine, if you don’t know it) which was truly remarkable and well worth its cost, at least in my eyes. But, as a EU citizen, last year US shit show, made me realize I’d better rely less on US-based tech. So…

    • catdog@lemmy.ml
      14·
      1 day ago

      Agreed. If anyone knows about an EU (or allies) search engine with a business model that’s not strictly based on advertising (topped up by grants perhaps), let us know.

      I use Ecosia/Qwant for now.

    • fizzle@quokk.auEnglish
      6·
      1 day ago

      Yeah I’m with Qwant for the moment.

      I used to use Kagi.

      I used to use DDG before that.

      I don’t really have any complaints about any of these.

      I’m trying to get better at using bangs to search on the sites I’m specifically looking for.

        • fizzle@quokk.auEnglish
          1·
          22 hours ago

          The CEO said some stuff.

          IIRC a blogger said something unfavourable and he went thermo nuclear. Not that big a deal.

          At the time though it seemed like the alternatives were just as good.