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Which search engine do you use for what?
(thelemmy.club)
Someone (average smartphone user) complained to me the other day that there isn't a clear solution to navigating the web because it's either ai slop or the results are poor.
And I kinda agree, nowadays you do have to put in some more effort to get what you're looking for.
And so I told them I'd compile a list of which search engines are best for what purpose.
So far I have:
Startpage: works, but does a poor job of finding product codes and whatnot.
Duckduckgo: gives more general results afaik
Ecosia: works great but relies on bing
I have tried things like qwant ect but haven't really settled on those.
Any other suggestions?
I'd tell em to use udm14 but it's still google so I'd rather keep that as a plan B.
I use noai.duckduckgo.com I used startpage for a while but I kept having captcha pop ups when I’d use a vpn and I got sick of it. While I really wish DDG didn’t push AI as much as they do, it’s at least nice that they offer a completely AI free version too, I guess. There’s definite give and take with all of the search engines.