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I remember reading that there was something "fishy" with Startpage, which is why I abandoned it quickly. But don't remember where.
Luckily I don't often search for videos, but I agree that it seems difficult to find good search alternatives there.
For what it's worth, Mullvad recently opened up Leta to people without Mullvad VPN accounts. It's a google/brave search proxy so pretty much what Startpage claims to do, but I trust Mullvad to actually respect my privacy more than I do Startpage.
This is awesome. Is there a DDG !bang for this? I would love to use it in place of !g for the few times I resort to !g.
I just checked and it doesn't look like it (if you want to search for DDG bangs here's the link, just scroll down a bit.). But you could always just add Leta as a search engine in your browser preferences and set a keystroke for it. For example, type L into the URL bar then space and it'll use Leta for your query. (Note, I use Firefox, not sure if it's the same with Chromium based browsers).
I submitted a request for !leta. If it gets rejected I'll try what you said. +1 for Firefox.
StartPage should be !sp.
I use Startpage and I get decent results. I never google anymore except maps. What is wrong with them?
Ah, sorry, I guess I implied there's something nefarious going on with Startpage. But there isn't as far as I can tell. I just trust Mullvad more based on their track record. If you're happy using Startpage keep using it.
Startpage having a good track record is one of the main reasons why I’m happy to use them. Nothing sketchy so far and decent results. I am also a Mullvad customer for the same reasons.
It would be nice if Leta had tabs for images, videos, etc.
This?
Yes, though I think I also read it from other sources. But I want to read more and find out further news about those claims.