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0x69@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

I urge you to check out Kagi Browser[1]. I forgot how pain-free using a search engine could be. With Google, a relatively simple search had me typing:

sink tap gasket intitle:“replacement” OR intitle:“repair” filetype:pdf OR filetype:doc inurl:product OR inurl:details “made in” (site:.com OR site:.co.uk OR site:.de) -site:amazon.com -site:ebay.com

I am appreciative that I’ve gotten pretty good at finding obscure nuggets of info, and it makes Google Dork[2] searches even more fun, but when I simply need “where to by $x”, Google shat out mindless SEO content.

I also highly recommend Fastmail[3] as an alternative email host. Far cheaper than Google Workspace for custom domains, and their masked email function is wonderful, even more so with 1Password[4].

Turning your back from the abusive Google can look intimidating to begin with, but it turns out it takes very little effort if you make a lil’ plan of alternative services to use.

  1. kagi.com
  2. www.exploit-db.com/google-hacking-database
  3. www.fastmail.com
  4. 1password.com/fastmail/

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