No_Support_8363@lemm.ee
on 12 Jul 2024 14:46
nextcollapse
Its better than Google shit
GolfNovemberUniform@lemmy.ml
on 12 Jul 2024 15:06
nextcollapse
I heard some bad stuff about it a few months ago. Not sure what was going on. But DDG is pretty good. I’m using it for like a year and I’m always satisfied with the search results. They also made a privacy-focused AI chat frontend for those interested in it. It even includes some open-source models now.
merde@sh.itjust.works
on 12 Jul 2024 15:07
nextcollapse
duckduckgo?
with a name like that they have no chance of… becoming the most popular google alternative they already are 🤔
GolfNovemberUniform@lemmy.ml
on 12 Jul 2024 15:12
collapse
If it was an unknown project then the name could be a problem but at this point it’s known and very easy to remember which is very good
Cheradenine@sh.itjust.works
on 12 Jul 2024 15:26
nextcollapse
Honestly, Searx is better, and you can add ddg as an engine and still maintain your privacy from them.
helenslunch@feddit.nl
on 12 Jul 2024 16:27
collapse
The page you are looking for does not exist.
How is Kagi supported?
UprisingVoltage@feddit.it
on 12 Jul 2024 16:38
nextcollapse
Monthly subscription
Steve@communick.news
on 12 Jul 2024 16:42
nextcollapse
I fixed the previous link.
They’re supported by user subscriptions. $10 for unlimited searches.
a_new_sad_me@lemmy.world
on 12 Jul 2024 18:50
collapse
They estimate that a Google user searches 3/4 times a day.
Whut?
I probably do 3/4 searches an hour. Including while I’m sleeping.
Steve@communick.news
on 12 Jul 2024 19:30
collapse
For the typical “average” person, that’s likely.
But the early adopting power user, looking for alternatives to Google, aren’t those “average” people.
I’m 22 days into my month, and have 688 searches so far. But when unlimited was $15, I had no real trouble staying under 300.
People search so much mainly because they’re used to free unlimited searches.
a_new_sad_me@lemmy.world
on 12 Jul 2024 21:48
collapse
The search being free is half the reason. Or maybe 1/3. The other reasons are that in plenty of cases it takes more than when I’m trying to understand something and I’m not sure what (like, today, I was trying to understand how the circuit of sewing machine pedal works) and I had to do several searches in order to figure that out since I wasn’t even sure what is the right term.
The other one is that I’m not native English speaker, and often, I search for a term in one language, then the other. Or I need to do a search, just in order to find the right term.
perishthethought@lemm.ee
on 12 Jul 2024 16:56
collapse
If you think the main limitation of hosting an independent non-meta (searxng) search engine is having a “better idea” then you’re very lost.
helenslunch@feddit.nl
on 12 Jul 2024 19:13
collapse
No I think the main limitation is going to be the absence of being a sysadmin.
perishthethought@lemm.ee
on 12 Jul 2024 17:00
nextcollapse
I can’t decide whether to upvote this for the good recommendation it makes, or downvote it for the spammy YT channel “Hey Guys” and the really obvious well known nature of the whole post.
No_Support_8363@lemm.ee
on 17 Jul 2024 17:51
collapse
I can confirm I did not intend to put any effort at all into making it sound non-spammy and bot-like
perishthethought@lemm.ee
on 17 Jul 2024 21:45
collapse
All good. IMO, almost discussion on Lemmy is good.
threaded - newest
Its better than Google shit
I heard some bad stuff about it a few months ago. Not sure what was going on. But DDG is pretty good. I’m using it for like a year and I’m always satisfied with the search results. They also made a privacy-focused AI chat frontend for those interested in it. It even includes some open-source models now.
duckduckgo?
with a name like that they have no chance of… becoming the most popular google alternative they already are 🤔
If it was an unknown project then the name could be a problem but at this point it’s known and very easy to remember which is very good
Honestly, Searx is better, and you can add ddg as an engine and still maintain your privacy from them.
searx.space
Can I add it to my Android browser?
Yet it can, just to set it up manually
Will work
Still an attention based, ad funded business model, that turns it’s users into the product.
If you have a better idea then you stand to be very wealthy.
I’m too lazy. And there’s already Kagi
How is Kagi supported?
Monthly subscription
I fixed the previous link.
They’re supported by user subscriptions. $10 for unlimited searches.
They estimate that a Google user searches 3/4 times a day.
Whut?
I probably do 3/4 searches an hour. Including while I’m sleeping.
For the typical “average” person, that’s likely.
But the early adopting power user, looking for alternatives to Google, aren’t those “average” people.
I’m 22 days into my month, and have 688 searches so far. But when unlimited was $15, I had no real trouble staying under 300.
People search so much mainly because they’re used to free unlimited searches.
The search being free is half the reason. Or maybe 1/3. The other reasons are that in plenty of cases it takes more than when I’m trying to understand something and I’m not sure what (like, today, I was trying to understand how the circuit of sewing machine pedal works) and I had to do several searches in order to figure that out since I wasn’t even sure what is the right term.
The other one is that I’m not native English speaker, and often, I search for a term in one language, then the other. Or I need to do a search, just in order to find the right term.
kagi.com/pricing
If you think the main limitation of hosting an independent non-meta (searxng) search engine is having a “better idea” then you’re very lost.
No I think the main limitation is going to be the absence of being a sysadmin.
I can’t decide whether to upvote this for the good recommendation it makes, or downvote it for the spammy YT channel “Hey Guys” and the really obvious well known nature of the whole post.
I can confirm I did not intend to put any effort at all into making it sound non-spammy and bot-like
All good. IMO, almost discussion on Lemmy is good.
search.brave.com is the one
DuckDuckGo is just Bing, Brave’s is at least it’s own search engine, that grows with every unique search.
Moving to Brave Search from Google is just very invasive spyware to less invasive spyware.
Why the downvotes? Brave is the best Google alternative that works for me.
Thank you for the recommendation, DuckDuckGo marketing team. Instead, consider the following:
wiby.me
searx.space
lmao consider the duckduckgo team goes home and boots up searx for their use
DuckDuckGo on Android tracks your search clicks via some weird injection
Source?
Open it on Android, run a search and check the url
Like this: duckduckgo.com/?q=jk&ko=-1&ia=web
I don’t know what they mean by KO but it’s obviously not tracking.
https://duckduckgo.com/l/?uddg=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FFediverse&rut=9b8b77c5fh5e87905d1308e1e8d701fbe184848838262729274960dbb2
Like this
DuckDuckGo censors just like Google.
Their CEO is trash.
Federated is the only way.
Edit: To clarify, they are controlled opposition who serve the same master.
The best be right now is searx.space like searx.garudalinux.org or similar.
“Hey guys”, DDG is like 15 years old already, partners with Bing, and seems to give IP location-based search results in “private” mode.
Kagi has become my main search engine