I’ve recently learned that DDG does not follow its own guidelines for privacy. I’m curious what search engines people here would recommend. I would prefer a search engine that not only respects my privacy but also doesn’t hide or shadow ban content it doesn’t like. Any recommendations?

  • illectrilityEnglish
    10•1 year ago

    Startpage (basically a proxy for Google afaik), Murena Spot, SearX, Qwant, SwissCows

    I use Qwant and Startpage for most things, but tend towards Qwant due to speed.

    I primarily use Startpage for image search, though, because you can specify exact resolutions.

    In my phone Murena Spot was always the default search engine and it’s fine. I switch between it and Qwant Lite.

    When I want someone to search more privately without getting different results, I always recommend Startpage.

      • @[email protected]OPEnglish
        1•1 year ago

        I’ll take a look, thank you! I had actually looked into SearX but it seemed like it required some additional setup. I’ll check Startpage and Qwant though!

      • ch1cken
        0•1 year ago

        depends on your usecase, some people actually prefer the extreme filters it has to make content family friendly