cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/47107360
Google is making its Search more centred around AI, turning it into a conversation.
Besides being a worse experience, the websites from which it sources its information are losing all traffic and recognition.
Recommend a list of alternatives:
- Kagi - Paid but better experience than Google
- Ecosia - Similar experience while supporting a good cause
- Qwant - Increasingly unique results and building a EU-first index
- DuckDuckGo - Privacy-focused search, but quality of results may vary
More options: https://purchasewithpurpose.io/category/search-engine/
For a few months I’ve been using local instances of searxng. I’ve got it running on my laptop and on Termux on my phone. It’s been fine for me. It’s not always the quickest, but I’m ok with it.
I guess this will kill startpage
Why will this kill startpage? I only just found it because it’s the default for waterfox and I’m quite happy with it. DDG has been getting worse and worse
Startpage uses google search. I think they use the paid API service, the question is whether that service will continue after these changes.
I hope not, i really really love startpage