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Many "alternative" search engines are better for privacy, but they are still vulnerable to censorship, because they rely on g**gle and m*crosoft's indices for their search results. This isn't a deep-hidden secret either, many of them disclose what search index they use on the "about" page, for example:

There are still search engines that (claim to) maintain their own index. Most surprisingly, br*ve:

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[โ€“] [email protected] 49 points 9 months ago (4 children)

When I search using DuckDuckGo, I am searching using B*ng? ๐Ÿคฎ

[โ€“] [email protected] 34 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, its like a Bing without providing any information besides your search

[โ€“] [email protected] -4 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I'm finding Copilot better than any search and better than buying by itself and world's better than Google search, but it's totally not private... So anything you seem sensitive or private you just can't use it for

[โ€“] [email protected] 28 points 9 months ago

LLM powered search is so great, if it can't find the information you're looking for it will just make up random bullshit for you! And all it costs is Microsoft looming over your shoulder to datamine and sell everything you ever do!

[โ€“] [email protected] 22 points 9 months ago

In part, yes. Here's a document explaining it all. In short, they use many different source, of which Bing is one. However when they query for data on those services, there's no personally identifiable information shared, so they can't create profiles about you.

[โ€“] [email protected] 20 points 9 months ago (1 children)
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[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

Unfortunately, this map isn't accurate anymore. For example it says that Startpage only uses Google search results but that's outdated. Now Startpage uses Bing and Google search results. https://www.startpage.com/privacy-please/startpage-articles/enhanced-search-results-on-startpage 'In working with Microsoft, Startpage is now incorporating Microsoft Bing search results and ads within some results pages, using a custom-built private search solution. Google search results will continue to broadly be used, but incorporating additional high-quality sources will have ongoing returns for our users'