internet funeral @lemmy.world 󠁀@󠁀FUCKER @lemmy.world 1 yr. ago

UH OH!

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What is that? Is that a meme or something?

Either way, the solution for that is here. If you’re one of the poor souls that still enjoy using the Google Search, you can use Startpage, I guess.
- DuckDuckGo is not really much better. And it uses Bing as a backend. Gone are the days of reliable search engines.
- Or DuckDuckGo, ecosia, bing, askjeeves, nexislexis, Qwant, altavista…
  
  altavista
  
  wow, I had no idea it still existed! I don't think I've used it since it was altavista.digital.com
  
  edit: it doesn't, it's just yahoo search now
  
  I thought the same about askjeeves, can’t believe it made it this long
  
  Damn! This talk of forgotten search engines made me realise that dogpile.com is still alive! I dimly recall using it before Google's rise to power.
  
  What happened to lycos?
  
  Permanently Deleted
  
  What a blast from the past. I remember using Lycos in my school's computer room. That was almost 25 years ago.
  
  Lycos Mail was the very first example of email I ever saw. It blew my mind when I was a small kid.
  
  DuckDuckGo is Bing under the hood.
  
  I use its app and search service and it consistently outputs better and faster than google.
  
  Although I don't use it personally I used google for a very short time in a professional setting, with high speed internet access, and the results and speed of delivery was trash when compared.
  
  In another thread, a lemming mentioned they have improved on the privacy provided, after renegotiating with Microsoft.
  
  I've had the exact opposite experience.
  
  Not doubting your word. How could we compare experiences in a somewhat reliable way?
  
  Can't we just shout at each other instead like civilized people?
  
  Why? Shouting is painful to hear and a waste of energy.
  
  It's therapeutic.
  
  I'll concede to that. But why shout at each other? None of us has wronged the other.
  
  I SAID IT'S THERAPEUTIC
- ever try the duckduckgo app? I didn't realize it existed until now.
  
  II'm usually on firefox with adblocker, and just use duck as my default search, so the app seems unnecessary. willing to try it out tho
  
  Yeah, it’s just a private browser. I use it along with Firefox.
  
  Yes, I use it on iOS (sometimes).
- DuckDuckGo is just Bing.
  
  Everyone here is saying this. Using Bing as an engine while maintaining peivacy doesn’t seem as much of a problem to me. Can you explain why pointing out that bing being under the hood is seen as a negative?
  
  I assume because Bing gives the exact same spam results as Google. All of the seatch engines kinda suck nowadays.
  
  That’s like saying Brave is the same as Chrome, just because it’s using the Chromium engine. DDG is not Bing. It uses Bing’s search engine!
  
  DDG is a search engine without its own search engine.

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