This is a very low-information announcement here but if this is taken to the extreme, it means that DuckDuckGo, Qwant, and many other so-called “alternative” search engines are going to either have to look for a new provider of results, or die.
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I use Opera on a Mac for all my Bing-based Edge-recommending needs.
Shiiit, I really don’t want to go back to Google and all their sponsored/AI/tracking bullshit. Any other privacy-focused search engines out there that don’t rely on this?
You think Microsoft gives you privacy?
They make billions on targeted ad revenue.
No, I use duckduckgo which is powered by Bing’s API. Hence why I said other privacy-focused search engine.
So… let’s see what we can work with→
- Swisscows
- Mojeek
- Gibiru
- PriEco
- Wiby
I have no clue TBH, but there needs to be a community-funded initiative to have a (De)Centralized repository of search-indices
Swisscows I don’t believe has an index, Mojeek does.
I’ve heard that Swisscows does, although you won’t find any 18+ stuff.
Bing? People use Bing?
If you use DuckDuckGo, you’re essentially using Bing.
I did not know this. I find duckduckgo to be more useful than Google most times now. It’s crazy how bad Google has become.
Qwant is also good. And it’s building their own index together with Ecosia.
qwant is region locked
(some) alternative search engines use Bing because building an index is hard and the only project I know of doing this work from base is Mojeek: https://www.mojeek.com/
