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It looks like Duck Duck Go is down at the moment. What is your second choice for privacy respecting search? (kbin.social)

submitted 8 months ago by guyrocket@kbin.social to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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[–] Frosty@lemm.ee 4 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (4 children)

I recommend startpage.com over duckduckgo. It provides at least the same privacy as DDG while having generally better results because it uses google's results instead of bing's.

Edit: The ultimate search engine though, as mentioned by macattack, is SearxNG because it combines privacy with every other search engine and even allows you to mix and match your result sources.

[–] JustUseMint@lemmy.world 9 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Start page was purchased by an ad company a while ago

[–] umbrella@lemmy.ml 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

this would change everything. you know more details about this one?

[–] JustUseMint@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago

This was over 4 years ago now.

If you use your search engine of choice that isnt owned by an ad company (lol) there are a bunch of results for it.

Here's one to get you started

https://www.reddit.com/r/privacy/comments/di5rn3/startpage_is_now_owned_by_an_advertising_company/?rdt=57835

[–] Oha@lemmy.ohaa.xyz 8 points 8 months ago

Startpage is owned by a advertising company and closed source. wouldnt really recommend it

[–] Loucypher@lemmy.ml 6 points 8 months ago

With all the SEO garbage, are G**gle results still relevant? I haven’t used it in years for anything serious.

[–] NegativeLookBehind@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago

I also like startpages’ anonymous viewer