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I have not used Google since they had their IPO. It's been quite a few years now. I've tried most of the others, and I never feel any need to use Google. Once
by yetanother12345 3y ago
I have not used Google since they had their IPO. It's been quite a few years now.
I've tried most of the others, and I never feel any need to use Google. Once in a while I switch search engines from one brand to another just to break habits and discover new stuff. Sometimes I combine engines for one specific search, but it's very rare that I don't find a result I can use.
These days Brave Search is quite good - it's the only US based SE I use currently. Bing isn't bad either but I prefer the uncluttered view that Brave has. I haven't used Yahoo Search for a few years, so can't comment on that one.
DDG isn't very interesting to me, but thats just personal preferences. Also, stuff like this [0] rubs me quite the wrong way
Others I like better include, say
- Quant
- Ecosia
- Mojeek
- Dogpile
- Yandex
- Fireball
- MetaGer
- Glowstery
- Swisscows
Most (almost all) of these are European. I included Dogpile which is American just for the nostalgia - I rarely use other US SEs than Brave.
When feeling experimental I have sometimes also dabbled a little with the likes of YaCy and SearcX
[0] https://yro.slashdot.org/story/22/04/15/2057253/duckduckgo-removes-pirate-sites-and-youtube-dl-from-its-search-results https://yro.slashdot.org/story/22/04/15/2057253/duckduckgo-r...