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Google search alternatives? (lemmy.ca)

submitted 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Hey, I'm wondering what everyone uses for searching. I personally use a combination of these sites:

For main driving I use duckduckgo

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

I prefere to use metasearch engines that get results from other engines, i used to use SearXNG but currently im using 4get you can host your own instance or use a public one.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago (2 children)

I tried them and it gives me a captcha every single time. I have no idea what a 'fumo plushie' is so picking four of them to get my results makes it a non starter

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

You probably had to click on the animal which has no fur. For example click on the one turtle image as opposed to the five cow images.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

Check the instances, some of them don't have captcha