DeGoogle Yourself

11323 readers

612 users here now

A community for those that would like to get away from Google.

Here you may post anything related to DeGoogling, why we should do it or good software alternatives!

Rules

Be respectful even in disagreement
No advertising unless it is very relevent and justified. Do not do this excessively.
No low value posts / memes. We or you need to learn, or discuss something.

Related communities

!privacyguides@lemmy.one !privacy@lemmy.ml !privatelife@lemmy.ml !linuxphones@lemmy.ml !fossdroid@social.fossware.space !fdroid@lemmy.ml

founded 5 years ago

MODERATORS

CrypticCoffee@lemmy.ml

CrypticCoffee@lemm.ee

Byereddithellolemmy@lemmy.world

chevy9294@monero.town

189

Getting unhappy about DuckDuckGo (lemmy.ca)

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

102 comments fedilink hide all child comments

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?

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[–] cosmicrookie@lemmy.world 28 points 1 week ago (3 children)

I have been very happy with Kagi. I think that it is worth the money. I did quit it though, in line with the US boycott, so now i am on Quant.

[–] Tiger@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Also very happy using Kagi.

[–] ppb1701@ppb.social 1 points 1 week ago

@Tiger @cosmicrookie Also happy using Kagi.

[–] Scumber@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 week ago

Kagi has been very nice for me as well. The lack of clutter and junk plus wealth of search features makes it well worth the price for me.

[–] QuizzaciousOtter@lemm.ee 1 points 1 week ago

Kagi is so much better than any other search engine I used in years. In fact, it's too good because I don't see myself quitting it soon, even though I'd really prefer not using American services right now.