I use it for everything except maps, there is no real alternative to Google maps as far as I know
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adhdplantdev@lemm.ee 7 months ago
Duck duck go has become a pretty good viable alternative to google using it full time now.
TheEighthDoctor@lemmy.world 7 months ago
cheese_greater@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Magic Earth is neat
TheEighthDoctor@lemmy.world 7 months ago
I will check it but I doubt it will be as good for a rural european city as Google maps is.
Trainguyrom@reddthat.com 7 months ago
Have you tried open street map? The geography nerds building that have a surprisingly up to date and high quality map of the rural midwestern region I live in so you might be pleasantly surprised
Krauerking@lemy.lol 7 months ago
Maps
Which is getting worse now too.
It now searches “related” locations to what you searched for to show you more bought ads for locations instead of what you looked for originally. Get ready for the slow crawl of enshitification of maps now too.
ohshazbot@lemmy.world 7 months ago
It’s just dressed up bing, it’s also going downhill
Trainguyrom@reddthat.com 7 months ago
Bing has gotten surprisingly good recently though?
fine_sandy_bottom@discuss.tchncs.de 7 months ago
kagi
blattrules@lemmy.world 7 months ago
I’ve been using it as my main search engine for around a year now. I accidentally used google today to look up “best screwdriver sets” and the results were all ads instead of results with screwdriver set reviews. I put the same thing in DuckDuckGo and immediately got relevant results.
Jarix@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Google the pirate bay and it wouldnt.
Unless the first link after a link to the wiki, www.piratebayorg.org is the correct place to go…
Duckduckgo first result was the correct result
Leg@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Odd. I just tried to google “pirate bay” and the top result was correct. Personalized results?
Jarix@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Must be