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Ecosia and Qwant have just started collaborating on EUSP (European Search Perspective)[1] This could easily yield very interesting (i.e. "not just another bing
by traceroute66 2mo ago
Ecosia and Qwant have just started collaborating on EUSP (European Search Perspective)[1]
This could easily yield very interesting (i.e. "not just another bing proxy") results once it starts gaining traction.
I use DuckDuckGo at the moment, only because Startpage started making themselves impossible to use when they started aggressively blocking access via VPNs. As other people have already said,see `noai.duckduckgo.com` and `lite.duckduckgo.com` which might address your specific concerns.
If you are a Mullvad user, there is also Mullvad Leta[2], which has been security audited[3].
I might shift more towards Ecosia/Qwant.
[1] https://blog.ecosia.org/eusp-germany-rollout/ https://blog.ecosia.org/eusp-germany-rollout/
[2] https://mullvad.net/en/blog/introducing-mullvad-leta-a-search-engine-used-in-the-mullvad-browser https://mullvad.net/en/blog/introducing-mullvad-leta-a-searc...
[3] https://mullvad.net/en/blog/2023/5/16/security-audit-of-our-letamullvadnet-search-service https://mullvad.net/en/blog/2023/5/16/security-audit-of-our-...
- ldng 2mo agoInteresting. I'll give Ecosia/Qwant a go than as I'm not really interested in opting-out of a bubble. Edit: hum, sadly, Qwant integration to Firefox seems to be broken at the moment.
- godshatter 2mo agoLeta told me it was shutting down months ago. leta.mullvad.net doesn't exist anymore. I'm sad, because it was a great search engine I could trust.
- traceroute66 2mo agoOh, you're right https://mullvad.net/en/blog/shutting-down-our-search-proxy-leta https://mullvad.net/en/blog/shutting-down-our-search-proxy-l... That's so sad. :(
- attendant3446 2mo agoStartPage doesn't only block VPN access, but also "regular" connections. And what's worse, it doesn't ask to solve some captcha, but blocks you completely and only shows the form where you can say why you think they are wrong.