Comment on Kagi search engine now has a Fediverse search option.

• _pete_@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Still uses Google as an index so you’re just giving them money indirectly.

  source

  • Showroom7561@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Alternative?

    source

    • _pete_@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      They’re all based on others indexes to be honest so there isn’t really one.

      DuckDuckGo is Bing, Startpage is Google, Kagi is seemingly a mishmash of a bunch of search engines (including the Russian owned Yandex) Brave is independent but owned and run by assholes so that isn’t much better.

      Personally I like Kagi enough and it’s independent enough for me to pay for it.

      source

      • Showroom7561@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        That’s the problem, really. They all have pros and cons.

        Kagi is American, so they are out for me. So is DuckDuckGo.

        I don’t care if startpage uses the Google index, since Google isn’t profiting from my data or from ads.

        Their servers are in the EU, and the balance between privacy and usable results is good enough.

        I see it like using a third-party front end for YouTube. All of the benefits with none of the risks or private data theft.

        source