• @dohpaz42
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      141 year ago

      DuckDuckGo is not really much better. And it uses Bing as a backend. Gone are the days of reliable search engines.

      • @beckerist
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        altavista

        wow, I had no idea it still existed! I don’t think I’ve used it since it was altavista.digital.com

        edit: it doesn’t, it’s just yahoo search now

        • @cmbabul
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          61 year ago

          I thought the same about askjeeves, can’t believe it made it this long

          • Tammo-Korsai
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            91 year ago

            Damn! This talk of forgotten search engines made me realise that dogpile.com is still alive! I dimly recall using it before Google’s rise to power.

            • @cmbabul
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              31 year ago

              What happened to lycos?

              • @beckerist
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              • Karyoplasma
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                21 year ago

                What a blast from the past. I remember using Lycos in my school’s computer room. That was almost 25 years ago.

                • Tammo-Korsai
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                  21 year ago

                  Lycos Mail was the very first example of email I ever saw. It blew my mind when I was a small kid.

      • @SpaceNoodle
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        21 year ago

        DuckDuckGo is Bing under the hood.

        • qyron
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          11 year ago

          I use its app and search service and it consistently outputs better and faster than google.

          Although I don’t use it personally I used google for a very short time in a professional setting, with high speed internet access, and the results and speed of delivery was trash when compared.

          In another thread, a lemming mentioned they have improved on the privacy provided, after renegotiating with Microsoft.

          • @SpaceNoodle
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            11 year ago

            I’ve had the exact opposite experience.

            • qyron
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              11 year ago

              Not doubting your word. How could we compare experiences in a somewhat reliable way?

              • @SpaceNoodle
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                21 year ago

                Can’t we just shout at each other instead like civilized people?

                • qyron
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                  11 year ago

                  Why? Shouting is painful to hear and a waste of energy.

    • @[email protected]
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      41 year ago

      ever try the duckduckgo app? I didn’t realize it existed until now.

      II’m usually on firefox with adblocker, and just use duck as my default search, so the app seems unnecessary. willing to try it out tho

      • @[email protected]
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        241 year ago

        Everyone here is saying this. Using Bing as an engine while maintaining peivacy doesn’t seem as much of a problem to me. Can you explain why pointing out that bing being under the hood is seen as a negative?

        • @[email protected]
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          21 year ago

          I assume because Bing gives the exact same spam results as Google. All of the seatch engines kinda suck nowadays.

        • @SpaceNoodle
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          -21 year ago

          DDG is a search engine without its own search engine.