Exactly the same here.
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trackcharlie@lemmynsfw.com 8 months ago
I stopped using google search around 2018. The reason? Their ads were serving literal virus-based links of scams that pretend to be real companies.
angelsomething@lemmy.one 8 months ago
Honytawk@lemmy.zip 8 months ago
I also use DDG
But whenever I need to search more in-depth, I use perplexity.ai
It makes the comparison for you and summarises, also gives links to where that info is found. Makes it way easier to find the more obscure information. But it is too slow to use for everything.
ayaya@lemdro.id 8 months ago
Obviously you didn’t actually look at the paper this article is about. While Google has been getting worse over time, DDG is even worse. It is the worst browser by the metric they are measuring (DDG is 31% spam vs. Bing at 23% and Google at 9%)
I would recommend trying a SearXNG instance if you haven’t before. You can combine results from multiple sources. I use Google as my main source while also having access to the DDG-style !bangs.