Has anyone figured out how to add a search engine option to the list Apple offers?
DuckDuckGo prioritizes MSN’s lifted pages. I need original pages. This MSN crap is unacceptable.
Use DuckDuckGo and put !s into your search.
Startpage.com is not a default option for Apple users
Submitted 2 months ago by benfell@lemmy.world to technology@lemmy.world
https://www.startpage.com/sp/search
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friend_of_satan@lemmy.world 2 months ago
c0smokram3r@midwest.social 2 months ago
Ooh, what does this do?
masterofn001@lemmy.ca 2 months ago
Ddg calls them bangs. They have a number of functions using ! to search using other engines.
!s - start page !b - bing !w - wikipedia
Etc.
hedgehog@ttrpg.network 2 months ago
It’s a bit unclear what you mean by “Apple” - I’m assuming you mean Safari on both Mac and iOS.
The search engine I use is SearxNg. On Firefox on Mac it was pretty easy to add.
To use it in Safari, I installed the Keyword Search extension from the App Store. It has the option to set a search engine as the default if you don’t use a keyword, so I did that. This works in both Mac and on iOS / iPadOS.
There are other Safari extensions that do similar things, like Customize Search Engine (free). Kagi has an extension that can make Kagi the default search engine, for example (it doesn’t appear that there’s an equivalent for Startpage, though). I haven’t used anything other than Keyword Search for this, though.
Veedem@lemmy.world 2 months ago
I’ve seen XSearch recommended a few times but I’ve never used it myself:
RobotsWverywher@lemmy.kya.moe 2 months ago
Who cares about apple lol
tal@lemmy.today 2 months ago
I mean, if the only constraint is that it be on an Apple platform, and not specifically Safari, I imagine just use a browser that lets you choose your search engine. Firefox can, and I’m sure that there are also Chrome-based browsers out there that do so as well.
RmDebArc_5@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
Just FYI there are no chrome based browsers on IOS cos there is no chromium, the FOSS ones use Firefox mostly
bamboo@lemm.ee 2 months ago
Huh? Custom web engines aren’t allowed on iOS, Firefox’s included. All iOS browsers are just UIs on top of Safari’s engine.