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Getting unhappy about DuckDuckGo (lemmy.ca)
submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by pglpm@lemmy.ca to c/degoogle@lemmy.ml
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For several years I've been using DuckDuckGo instead of Google Search, and I've been overall quite happy with the results. Only rarely had I to resort to Google search (!g).

During the last month or two, however, I've found myself using the !g switch and Google search more than half of the time. DuckDuckGo shows no or few results where Google shows more (and useful) ones.

Still I don't want to give in. So:

  • Have you also experienced this worsening of DuckDuckGo?
  • Which other more privacy-respecting alternatives do you recommend?
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[–] RoachFire@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I run my own instance of SearX. Very reliable.

[–] dogma11@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago

Just setup my own instance! Happy so far!

[–] theblips@lemm.ee 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I switched to Kagi and am beyond satisfied. If your goal is to strictly degoogle, it fits the bill, but it still does if you are looking for better privacy, as it now comes with an implementation of Privacy Pass. The algorithm is leagues above Google's and DDGs, IMO, and the "lens" feature allows you to seamlessly filter the results to specialized sources, including the Fediverse. "Small web" is a fun feature for when you're bored running unit tests at work, too

[–] theblips@lemm.ee -1 points 1 year ago

Forgot to mention that it unfortunately is a US-owned company, so it would be off the table for the full-on US boycott crowd, especially because it's a paid service.
Though they seem to be a genuinely good company that consistenly provides good customer support and improves the product in tangible ways. Privacy Pass was implemented because of customer feedback, for example, and so were crypto payments, and both were publicly discussed on the forums with good transparency. They also actively promote the decentralization of the internet: with that Small Web feature I mentioned, with Fediverse and Usenet Archives search being implemented by default, by providing an interface to use any LLM model through their assistant... So I wouldn't want to boycott them, and I don't

[–] radamant@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago

I’ve tried other search engines any times. Despite the worsening google search somehow is still much better than alternatives.