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DuckDuckGo, Ecosia, Ekoru, or something else? (feddit.org)
submitted 10 months ago by sbf@feddit.org to c/privacy@lemmy.ca
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I’ve been using DuckDuckGo for years now but am becoming increasingly interested in Ecosia and Ekoru for their environmentalist efforts. I’ve read the privacy policies for both, and it seems they both share user data with Bing. However, if I use a VPN, set my user data to something generic like Chrome on Windows, and whitelist the search engine on my adblocker, I should be able to support them by viewing ads without being tracked by Microsoft. Is that worth it, or do you have another recommendation?

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[–] Pacrat173@lemmy.ml 6 points 10 months ago (2 children)

I use

https://lite.duckduckgo.com/html/

While others engines are more privacy focused this strips the AI and other unwanted stuff from Duck Duck go which were my main problems

[–] c0smokram3r@midwest.social 3 points 10 months ago

this is good to know, thanks!!

[–] Eeyore_Syndrome@sh.itjust.works 2 points 10 months ago

But dark mode??

For real tho, as long as I customize the start settings...to turn off AI etc...its basically the same right ? 🥹

[–] recursive_recursion@lemmy.ca 4 points 10 months ago

If you want to prioritize privacy I'd personally recommend SearXNG as it's an open source search aggregator:

[–] kekmacska@lemmy.zip 4 points 10 months ago

Duckduckgo or SearXNG

[–] blackfire@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Mojeek you can even get there over I2p

[–] Mojeek@lemmy.ml 2 points 10 months ago

🙏 🙏 🙏

[–] lemmyknow@lemmy.today 2 points 10 months ago

I use Ecosia! I also like DuckDuckGo, but I go with Ecosia as a default, cause I like their cause. DuckDuckGo has the benefit of having ddg.gg as an address, which is quick to use when not the default ("ddg.gg/search terms" might work for not searching with Google or Bing or whatever the default may be on a device other than your own)