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WillardHerman@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Time to stop using Gmail and YouTube. I had already avoided go░gle search for months now.
Over the last three or four months I had deleted all my FaceBook, Twitter, Reddit, Instagram accounts. And this made me want to avoid go░gle search.
DuckDuckGo is fine for some things, but if you want to do a search with a specific phrase in quotes, it doesn’t recognize it. I hate having to go back to Google for some searches, but sometimes it’s just better. I wish it wasn’t, but it is.
DuckDuckGo’s image search also leaves a lot to be desired.
I tried switching to DDG and then Qwant and sadly they both suck for some searches. For example neither could successfully find anything more specific than the home page on my country’s government websites. Perhaps Bing, but, again, it’s Microsoft?
DDG uses Bing results.
oh fuck me
I use duckduckgo but just throw in the google bang if I need specific functionality. Usually DDG is fine for me usually but it’s convenient to be able to switch quickly.
You don’t need to do the quote thing in DDG. You can literally just search the quote, and maybe the domain it was hosted on. You will find what you’re looking for. DDG even has business profile widgets like google search does. I don’t even miss google search at all.
I don’t think you understand what I’m talking about. I’m talking about a search phrase that is partially in quotes for an exact match and partially not for an inexact match. Google handles that, DDG does not.
Just curious what’s wrong with saying Google?
You must be new to Lemmy. Grab a tinfoil hat from the box by the door.
Funny how the term “tinfoil” persists even though it hasn’t been used in over 70 years.
Nooo. Those might be tampered. They could be bugged. Or they could have holes in them. Or the tin might be fake. Make your own.
Not special enough
Start your own email server!! Download all of your favorite channels! Sub to your fav youtubers patreons! If you need music, use Spotify until you amass a collection of digital/physical music! Use FireFox! Google does not need to have any grip on our digital lifestyles.
I had already stopped for googles slew of other issues. For email I recomebd proton mail
proton is very adequate to replace Gmail.
Oh most definitely. I’m still waiting for a desktop app on Linux for drive but I pay them abually and totally worth it for what I pay.
They do have free email options for those who prefer
Well, they aren’t even replying to whether the community-developed rclone backend breaks TOS, so don’t expect much… but yeah, i pay for Proton and they’re good for what they are.
Oh sweet summer child, you’ll be waiting a while. Pull up a chair. Let me tell you a story about how I’ve been waiting years, with an S, for the Android app remake that they keep pushing back.
At least iOS users get to enjoy it…
Here’s some alternative recommendations: www.privacyguides.org/en/tools/
601error@lemmy.ca 1 year ago
Been using DuckDuckGo for a month or two. It’s mostly good enough for me.
Bourff@lemmy.world 1 year ago
I’ve been using it for years and have never looked back.
Asudox@lemmy.world 1 year ago
You should. It uses Bing for its searches. So you are censored to oblivion.
601error@lemmy.ca 1 year ago
Gonna need to see a legit source on that that doesn’t read like right-wing nutjobbery or Russian botnik drivel.
Bourff@lemmy.world 1 year ago
I might be mistaken, but IIRC Bing is only one of the data sources DDG uses.
dangblingus@lemmy.world 1 year ago
What’s being censored? You have control over safesearch, and searching phrases verbatim returns all sites where that phrase exists.
madprocessor@lemm.ee 1 year ago
DDG is my default and a very good engine, however, it does struggle with search results in my native language.
averyfalken@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 year ago
Honestly a good chunk of time its a better experience than google was