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Funny how the narrative on DDG has changed. I used to get downvoted to oblivion for merely mentioning they used Bing under the hood. Where are all the people th

by Kiro 5y ago

Funny how the narrative on DDG has changed. I used to get downvoted to oblivion for merely mentioning they used Bing under the hood. Where are all the people that used to defend them so vigorously? I wouldn't be surprised if it's the same people now hating on them.

tibyat 5y ago
qiskit 5y ago
> I wouldn't be surprised if it's the same people now hating on them. It seems like those people are still here defending ddg. They are even attacking the blog. Weird. I use ddg as my default search and hope they are "privacy-first" as they claim ( thought I have my doubts ). At this point what other option is there? DDG search is noticably censored since they rely on bing. It's obvious to anyone who uses ddg regularly. Not sure why people here are making excuses for ddg or pretending otherwise. What I would give to get the google of old. It's sad looking back on what google used to be. All the freedom and optimism of the 2000s is definitely gone.
- seanw444 5y ago
  Searx. Use Searx. Does your search engine of choice fail to get results that the others pick up? Searx grabs all of them and compiles them together. Don't miss another search result! Also, proxying increases privacy. Also, it's open source and self-hostable.
  - prmoustache 5y ago
    Being open source doesn't mean the people running the public searx instances aren't tracking you. Self-hosting makes you lose all the benefits of proxying. In the end be it ddg or searx you can only rely on some third-party trust.
    - seanw444 5y ago
      Yup, you choose one or the other. As with all things, there's you can't have it all. There's a balance.
      - account42 5y ago
        Still, it's a valid criticism. How is anyone supposed to know which of the numerous searx instances has what they want. Seems this would really benefit from an instance run by a transparent non-profit organization. You still need to trust someone, you always do, but that doesn't mean that that trust can't be earned rather than just assumed.
- ipaddr 5y ago
  yandex
- ajyotirmay 5y ago
  I'm trying startpage right now. Looking for alternatives to ddg, liking it so far
itsTyrion 5y ago
TPB 1337x and yt dl aren't filtered for me?
BlackestNight 5y ago

by Kiro 5y ago

tibyat 5y ago

qiskit 5y ago

> I wouldn't be surprised if it's the same people now hating on them. It seems like those people are still here defending ddg. They are even attacking the blog. Weird. I use ddg as my default search and hope they are "privacy-first" as they claim ( thought I have my doubts ). At this point what other option is there? DDG search is noticably censored since they rely on bing. It's obvious to anyone who uses ddg regularly. Not sure why people here are making excuses for ddg or pretending otherwise. What I would give to get the google of old. It's sad looking back on what google used to be. All the freedom and optimism of the 2000s is definitely gone.

seanw444 5y ago
Searx. Use Searx. Does your search engine of choice fail to get results that the others pick up? Searx grabs all of them and compiles them together. Don't miss another search result! Also, proxying increases privacy. Also, it's open source and self-hostable.
- prmoustache 5y ago
  Being open source doesn't mean the people running the public searx instances aren't tracking you. Self-hosting makes you lose all the benefits of proxying. In the end be it ddg or searx you can only rely on some third-party trust.
  - seanw444 5y ago
    Yup, you choose one or the other. As with all things, there's you can't have it all. There's a balance.
    - account42 5y ago
      Still, it's a valid criticism. How is anyone supposed to know which of the numerous searx instances has what they want. Seems this would really benefit from an instance run by a transparent non-profit organization. You still need to trust someone, you always do, but that doesn't mean that that trust can't be earned rather than just assumed.
ipaddr 5y ago
yandex
ajyotirmay 5y ago
I'm trying startpage right now. Looking for alternatives to ddg, liking it so far

itsTyrion 5y ago

TPB 1337x and yt dl aren't filtered for me?

BlackestNight 5y ago