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Getting unhappy about DuckDuckGo (lemmy.ca)
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For several years I've been using DuckDuckGo instead of Google Search, and I've been overall quite happy with the results. Only rarely had I to resort to Google search (!g).

During the last month or two, however, I've found myself using the !g switch and Google search more than half of the time. DuckDuckGo shows no or few results where Google shows more (and useful) ones.

Still I don't want to give in. So:

  • Have you also experienced this worsening of DuckDuckGo?
  • Which other more privacy-respecting alternatives do you recommend?
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[–] BeyondRuby@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I have thought the same thing after about three years or so of using DDG, I've been using Qwant as of late and seem to get much better results

[–] pglpm@lemmy.ca 1 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

I'll give Qwant too a try, cheers! Testing SearXNG for a couple of days first.

[–] BeyondRuby@lemmy.world 1 points 13 hours ago

I wish you luck with SearXNG, I don't know if I used the wrong instances or what but I didn't find the results i got that great. However that is the reason people say you should host you own instance. Hopefully it works out I really enjoy the idea of hosting my own instance

[–] unsettlinglymoist@lemmy.world 2 points 21 hours ago

Same, I was a DDG user for years and switched to Qwant a month ago. Qwant results are a step up from DDG, and Qwant takes the same approach to privacy as DDG but it's based in France so it wins in that regard as well. I'm in the US and Qwant still does a great job of providing localized results.