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Qwant or DDG or startpage (lemm.ee)
submitted 16 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago) by lopar49@lemm.ee to c/degoogle@lemmy.ml
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I’m stuck with what to choose. I prioritise speed and privacy

I guess i'm doing pros and cons for all of them now:

Startpage Pros - uses google's search results and anonymous view, eu based Cons - Bought my an ad company

Qwant Pros - eu based Cons - lots of ads, sometimes a bug where it is in france

DDG pros - faster than the other two, Cons - https://techrights.org/o/2020/07/02/ddg-privacy-abuser-in-disguise/

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[–] haverholm@kbin.earth 2 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

Of the three mentioned, maybe Qwant? I'm wary of any search engine that implements "AI", so DDG is out. Startpage — I can't provide a source, but I seem to recall there were misgivings to them in the past.

[–] lopar49@lemm.ee 1 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

Out of all of the three, I would say startpage is the cleanest. DDG has had a fair few controversies https://techrights.org/o/2020/07/02/ddg-privacy-abuser-in-disguise/ . So I think they are off the list atm, I may consider brave search but I'm not sure.

[–] FreeBooteR69@lemmy.ca 1 points 11 hours ago

Startpage is owned by an adtech company, i don't trust them.