What search engine y'all are using? (lemmy.world)

submitted 5 days ago by zerozaku@lemmy.world to c/privacy@lemmy.world

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I am kinda fed up off trying all these privacy focused search engines which provide lesser quality service. Here's what I've tried so far:

Duckduckgo: bad results when you search something that piracy related
Searx: I'm not geeky enough to host mine own searx so I just jump from one instance to another and the uptimes have been bad.
Startpage: Idk why it's down most of the time
Ecosia: Not very private, but I just tried it for the sake of it. It's bad when it comes to the results.

Honestly I feel Brave search is the best when it comes to results. But the sketchy practices kept me away from it. Kagi is paid so I haven't tried it.

What have you been using?

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[-] ekZepp@lemmy.world 16 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

Duck Duck works for me. I use the "Disable Ai" addon (libreoffice) to remove most of the useless stuff. I've also tried Ecosia, but the lack of option for chronological results is a big No for me.

[-] vk6flab@lemmy.radio 20 points 5 days ago

https://noai.duckduckgo.com/

[-] ekZepp@lemmy.world 4 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

I've use it, but sometime it goes offline. The main DuckDuck with the addon is good enough for now.

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