How to live without Google (2017)

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Post by deathwarmedover » Mon, Mar 18, 2019, 9:39 AM UTC

How to live without Google (2017)
spreadprivacy.com

Re: How to live without Google (2017)

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Post by csunbird » Mon, Mar 18, 2019, 10:01 AM UTC

It does not matter if you do not use GMail, google/microsoft/ has all your emails anyways, since everybody sends you emails from those domains.

Re: How to live without Google (2017)

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Post by phil9987 » Mon, Mar 18, 2019, 10:05 AM UTC

For a couple of month I have set duckduckgo as my standard search engine, but I often do not get satisfactory results. Is this because I am used to the Google results or does duckduckgo indeed not prioritize in a good way?

Re: How to live without Google (2017)

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Post by ipidov » Mon, Mar 18, 2019, 10:11 AM UTC

phil9987 wrote: post #3

For a couple of month I have set duckduckgo as my standard search engine, but I often do not get satisfactory results. Is this because I am used to the Google results or does duckduckgo indeed not prioritize in a good way?

You can't have personalized, targeted results without being tracked.

Re: How to live without Google (2017)

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Post by nukeop » Mon, Mar 18, 2019, 10:12 AM UTC

ipidov wrote: post #4

phil9987 wrote: post #3

For a couple of month I have set duckduckgo as my standard search engine, but I often do not get satisfactory results. Is this because I am used to the Google results or does duckduckgo indeed not prioritize in a good way?

You can't have personalized, targeted results without being tracked.

Personalized and targeted results aren't good results.

Re: How to live without Google (2017)

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Post by Moru » Mon, Mar 18, 2019, 10:12 AM UTC

phil9987 wrote: post #3

For a couple of month I have set duckduckgo as my standard search engine, but I often do not get satisfactory results. Is this because I am used to the Google results or does duckduckgo indeed not prioritize in a good way?

I haven't used google to search for several years now. Except by mistake on someone elses computer. And then I get disappointed on the results.

Re: How to live without Google (2017)

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Post by derinbay » Mon, Mar 18, 2019, 10:12 AM UTC

phil9987 wrote: post #3

For a couple of month I have set duckduckgo as my standard search engine, but I often do not get satisfactory results. Is this because I am used to the Google results or does duckduckgo indeed not prioritize in a good way?

duckduckgo is definitely not an alternative for google. you can't even compare.

Re: How to live without Google (2017)

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Post by ipidov » Mon, Mar 18, 2019, 10:13 AM UTC

nukeop wrote: post #5

ipidov wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You can't have personalized, targeted results without being tracked.

Personalized and targeted results aren't good results.

Didn't say they are, but I have a feeling that this is exactly what the original commenter is missing

Re: How to live without Google (2017)

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Post by privacywall » Mon, Mar 18, 2019, 10:15 AM UTC

Alot of people can't live without Google because the search results are very unique. In that case, we suggest downloading PrivacyWall. It's free and it will block Google tracking along with 3000+ ad trackers. We built it so anyone on Windows can use the web and protect your privacy. PrivacyWall does not have any conflicts of interest. Alot of users are not aware that DuckDuckGo makes money from ads, so they do track you.

http://www.privacywall.org

Re: How to live without Google (2017)

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Post by antoniobg » Mon, Mar 18, 2019, 10:15 AM UTC

I've tried with DuckDuckGo for 2/3 months, and the images search, something that I use quite a lot, was pretty unsatisfactory.