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Getting unhappy about DuckDuckGo (lemmy.ca)

submitted 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) by pglpm@lemmy.ca to c/degoogle@lemmy.ml

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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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[–] Parptarf@lemm.ee 5 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Been using Qwant for about a month. Feels like of like old Google did, very happy.

Only place it’s lacking is image search, but Google has been pretty shite for the past year too.

[–] dumblederp@piefed.social 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Same, but I've found Quants image search to be good enough.

[–] Parptarf@lemm.ee 2 points 1 day ago

It’s passable so I don’t really mind it. It uses Bing’s image search if I remember right.