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Re: Ask HN: What are the viable alternatives to DuckDuckGo?

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Another option: https://www.certkit.io/tools/ct-logs/

Looks like they only give you 100 on a trial account

Sorry, let me be more obvious.

I am not pointing to a solution, but a pointer to the solution. Showing what is possible. The solution is pulling/parsing the CT logs yourself.

Re: Ask HN: What are the viable alternatives to DuckDuckGo?

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For about the last to years I've seen the bubble effect creeping in. And, sorry no offence to you personally, to be blunt, I'm not interested in damage control. When I make a generic search unrelated to a hobby I have and I get as top answer something about my hobby, it's a very red and very flashing red flag of bubble effect. The nail in the coffin has happened this weekend when some un-asked for auto-correct preven…

Sorry for the bluntness, but the truth is you're being a giant asshole to someone that stepped in to learn more about your situation from your perspective to see how the company they work for lost you as a customer. They could have been there for one day or a decade, and may or may not have anything to do with the place the product is at. You expect some of this from a company perspective, as unhappy users are normal…

I am not shitting on the guy, I literally said : "sorry no offence to you personally". I am crossed with DDG that for sure.

And I said, many people have complained, here on HN about it, only to be met with the same damage control over and over.

But granted, I could have phrased all that differently. You're right.

Re: Ask HN: What are the viable alternatives to DuckDuckGo?

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https://search.brave.com/ Feels like Google Search from 2008.

> Feels like Google Search from 2008. Entered search term. AI response included in the result. Ah, yes. Just like 2008.

This can be disabled, but the results underneath are still good.

Re: Ask HN: What are the viable alternatives to DuckDuckGo?

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https://search.brave.com/ Feels like Google Search from 2008.

Do not use Brave for anything. Not now, now then, not ever. https://www.kevinmuldoon.com/do-not-use-brave-browser/

You do you, I just want a search that shows what I asked and a browser that doesn't suck, is fast and has built in ad blocker, fingerprinting blocker and BS blocker (cookie popup).

Re: Ask HN: What are the viable alternatives to DuckDuckGo?

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Ecosia and Qwant have just started collaborating on EUSP (European Search Perspective)[1] This could easily yield very interesting (i.e. "not just another bing proxy") results once it starts gaining traction. I use DuckDuckGo at the moment, only because Startpage started making themselves impossible to use when they started aggressively blocking access via VPNs. As other people have already said,see `noai.duckduckgo.…

StartPage doesn't only block VPN access, but also "regular" connections. And what's worse, it doesn't ask to solve some captcha, but blocks you completely and only shows the form where you can say why you think they are wrong.
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