DDG and Brave were pushed as “censorship free” alternatives, back when I was looking into covid disinformation, because the very obviously fake websites would sometimes rank higher on them
There may be more to it though
Duckduckgo? That’s just a search engine, no?
I agree on the rest of the parts tho
otter@lemmy.ca 5 days ago
finitebanjo@lemmy.world 4 days ago
I’ve heard all kinds of bad rumours about Brave but idk if any of it is true.
DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 4 days ago
They’re balls deep in crypto but even the crypto bros don’t buy their bullshit
legolas@fedit.pl 5 days ago
I mean yeah, doesnt matter. The point is people shared alternatives to big tech just like folks who are not in the power right now
fxomt@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 days ago
I mistook it as you saying DDG is alt-tech. My mistake
inb4_FoundTheVegan@lemmy.world 5 days ago
Yeah, odd inclusion. Duckduckgo is indeed a search enginge, but it’s essentially just a front end for Bing.
fxomt@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 days ago
Sadly yes :( i’ve been keeping an eye on mojeek, hopefully it’ll get better.
asdfasdfasdf@lemmy.world 4 days ago
Ecosia is building a custom search engine index, ETA summer 2025
fxomt@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 days ago
Very interesting, thanks for telling me - i recall them sharing your IP with bing/google? but since they’re building their own, this may change. I’ll keep an eye on this, thank you
Sunshine@lemmy.ca 4 days ago
I’m so looking forward to that!