what are the best Google alternative apps ?

  • gabe [he/him]
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    272 years ago

    I like duckduckgo. Kagi exists, if you’re willing to pay for it.

    • Guy Dudeman
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      2 years ago

      Kagi is really really great. But it’s too steep for my wallet.

      I’m currently deciding between using Ecosia, Brave, SearXNG, and Duck Duck Go.

        • Guy Dudeman
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          12 years ago

          Can you expand on the Brave scandal?

            • Guy Dudeman
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              12 years ago

              Oh, I don’t give a shit about any of that.

      • @WhiteRice
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        62 years ago

        Can you elaborate more on why you like Kagi? Does it get very relevant results? Eliminate blog spam? Does it make the internet seem larger than a handful of apps?

        • gabe [he/him]
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          62 years ago

          I like how you can block individual sites from search results, prioritize search results from specific websites, etc. It’s quite steep, but I feel it is worth it if you can afford it and are able to justify such an expense. For disclaimer, I don’t currently use it because I can’t justify such an expense but I likely will in the future.

          • @WhiteRice
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            32 years ago

            Thank you, it sounds pretty neat. I won’t have to keep typing “site:”

      • @Caboose12000
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        52 years ago

        I’ve been using ecosia for the past week and so far it’s great, no complaints

        • Guy Dudeman
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          22 years ago

          I like it. I like that it’s planting trees with each search, too.

          • @Caboose12000
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            12 years ago

            Yeah, that’s the icing on the cake for me (I’m mostly just in it for the privacy)

      • El Barto
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        2 years ago

        I’ve been using SearXNG for the past couple of weeks, it pulls from most the major search engines like google, Bing, duckduckgo and qwant, but you can easily set it up to not show google and Bing.

        For most things it works great, the videos tab isn’t anywhere as good as Google’s(even when it pulls from Google) but for what I need its great.

        It will also strip links of tracking and stuff like that.

      • gabe [he/him]
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        22 years ago

        Same, I like duckduckgo the most currently. I used Bing for a while for the AI (I know, terrible for privacy) but the AI novelty wore off fast.

      • @pqpera
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