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Using Google whilst Duck Duck Go is down. How long has Google been this bad? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 5 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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So ddg is down, so I visit Google. It's been some years.

I just can't believe how poor it's results are, and how it's trying to suggest things it think I might also want (and failing miserably).

I just assumed ddg would be the lesser, but I use it for privacy. Turns out I'm wrong.

How long has Google been this bad?

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Thanks for sharing - didnt know. Thats a long list ..... So which search engine is good and privacy friendly then?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 months ago (1 children)

It depends on what you're trying to be private from. Kagi has been good to me so far, my goal is mainly to escape from corporate/ad profile tracking.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

Kagi is great. Excellent search results for the most part, better than either DDG or Google in my experience.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (4 children)

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago

It's disingenuous to say there's no point in striving for privacy if you're not going to go completely off grid. There are always better and worse options.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

This all-or-nothing mentality is harmful to any cause.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

"Don't let perfect be the enemy of good"

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

If someone said they were concerned about their sugar intake would you tell them to just stop eating entirely? It's possible to take steps towards privacy-friendly services without cutting yourself off from the modern world in the same way as you can cut back on sugar and still eat food.

You absolutely do not need to "burn all your devices" to improve your privacy, suggesting so is unhelpful at best.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 months ago

And do so every evening and start fresh everyday