I am kinda fed up off trying all these privacy focused search engines which provide lesser quality service. Here’s what I’ve tried so far:

  1. Duckduckgo: bad results when you search something that piracy related
  2. Searx: I’m not geeky enough to host mine own searx so I just jump from one instance to another and the uptimes have been bad.
  3. Startpage: Idk why it’s down most of the time
  4. Ecosia: Not very private, but I just tried it for the sake of it. It’s bad when it comes to the results.

Honestly I feel Brave search is the best when it comes to results. But the sketchy practices kept me away from it. Kagi is paid so I haven’t tried it.

What have you been using?

  • teyrnon@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    5·
    5 days ago

    You are doing business with google when using it though, and it’s results have severely enshitified along with the rest since 2021. (They pay google.)

    • Voxel@feddit.ukEnglish
      2·
      5 days ago

      *you’re supporting Google

      StartPage or rather the companies behind it do business with Google, not yourself.

      • teyrnon@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        6·
        5 days ago

        Which amounts to the same thing. I use startpage too for lack of an alternative, but it’s not ideal. I want to do zero business with these silicon valley parasites.

        • Voxel@feddit.ukEnglish
          5·
          5 days ago

          Consider Brave Search. It is the only search engine with useful results I’m aware of that doesn’t use the search index of Bing (Microsoft) or Google, but it is sadly also by an US-based company and not as privacy-friendly as StartPage afaik.