Comment on Google’s dominance on search is declining – for the first time ever!

• Redex68@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Yeah but don’t let perfect be the enemy of good. Among other things, they just recently announced that they’re starting to build an alternative index with Qwant.

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  • person1@lemm.ee ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    I’m using Qwant, used Ecosia before. Really OK for most stuff. I still revert to googling occasionally - mainly for local businesses on maps and sometimes shopping results. But I agree, don’t let perfect be the enemy of good, well said.

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    • PalmTreeIsBestTree@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Google maps is still the best for looking up local businesses and reviews. I wish people would go back to using a modern version of yellow pages.

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    • Madbrad200@sh.itjust.works ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      In Ecosia’s settings you can set it to primarily use Google results instead of Bing. Makes it a lot more enjoyable to use.

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  • Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    I’ve never heard of Ecosia, but I don’t understand your logic on this.

    Problem: Google bad!

    Solution: Don’t use google, use Ecosia instead.

    Error: Ecosia also uses google.

    How is this a good move? If anything it’s just a lateral move with the same problem.

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    • 3laws@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Eventually they’ll stop using G and MAYBE they have better impact in the climate. Why be a fucking prick about it?

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    • LandedGentry@lemmy.zip ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Same logic for using Brave instead of Chrome. It is better than using Chrome proper, even if it has cons.

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  • dan@upvote.au ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Definitely true. I’ll have to try it out. Is Ecosia better than DuckDuckGo or Kagi?

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• Pax@lemmy.ca ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  What about DuckDuckGo?

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  • LandedGentry@lemmy.zip ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Everyone whines because it’s built on bing but it’s fine and respects privacy better than most

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