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minus-squareunrealMinotaur@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down7·7 days agoDidn’t see anyone else say this: DDG is certainly a great choice for search engine, though I’d recommend brave search: If you use bangs, it has them. Actually operates an independent index so the search queries aren’t reliant on Microsoft Bing. Due to several of the companies issues (and it being chromium) I don’t recommend the browser but I do really like the search engine.
minus-squaremoonpiedumplings@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·6 days agoUses google as a backend and was also bought by an ad company. I still use it, since google sometimes cuts deals with sites like reddit such that reddit is only scrapable by google. But it’s a last resort, after duckduckgo.
Didn’t see anyone else say this: DDG is certainly a great choice for search engine, though I’d recommend brave search:
Due to several of the companies issues (and it being chromium) I don’t recommend the browser but I do really like the search engine.
Why not Startpage?
Uses google as a backend and was also bought by an ad company.
I still use it, since google sometimes cuts deals with sites like reddit such that reddit is only scrapable by google. But it’s a last resort, after duckduckgo.