How they make money without snooping.
Been using duck duck go for a long time now.....however, I do have an Android phone, so google is listening in anyway
Side question: I’m setting up a computer for an older relative of mine. I’m looking for a bare-bones search engine for her. Nothing confusing or intricate. Any suggestions? Thanks.
They’re not that good at looking up porn...
Er, I wouldn’t know!!! A friend told me!!
Seriously, I like them. They’re ok for shopping for things.
Problem is paid projects I do online require google or firefox.
Other than that, duckduckgo fits the bill.
start page is more “tin foil” but the results aren’t as good. I love duckduckgo but for some reason ubuntu/firefox with duckduckgo doesn’t work. The search results page has the duckduckgo logo but is a blank white page from there down. I fire up Brave browser just to use DDG.
I can go to duckduckgo.com in ubuntu/firefox and it works but doesn’t have the extras like images | videos and the wikipedia blurb which I like for things that don’t have to do with politics, culture or climate. But DDG set as default search engine is broken.
I don’t really like chrome based browsers which Brave and most alternative browsers are. Being on linux, I can use chromium browser which is what chrome is based on but I simply don’t like it, even pre-google.
Tinfoil-Hat? really.
My default too, for around 2 years now. The James Damore incident made me de-Google my life somewhat.
Speaking of which, a resource:
https://old.reddit.com/r/degoogle/
DuckDuckGo has gotten much better over the years, but there’s still a few things Google does better. I use DuckDuckGo’s browser extension when going to Google, though, so they can’t leave little tracking turds behind on my system when I’m finished.
They make their money by suggesting things for sale in the first item that comes up
First off, the stupid name is a big turn off. Second, the results are too limited. I periodically visit and find my own companies are not in their search results even though they are top in Google (without paid advertising). Other issues, but those two kick it off.
I am cutting ties with Google.
I switched from Chrome browser to “Brave”. I switched my default search engine to “Bing”. I also use Startpage and Yippy.
I find that I use Google less and less. In fact, rarely.
“F” GOOGLE!
I am a huge fan of DuckDuckGo! Been using it exclusively for quite some time and am very happy with it.
DDG is all I use.
I’ve tried DDG a few times through the years and have been constantly disappointed. The searches are never as productive as other search engines. The last time I tried DDG, I was trying to get updates on the Jayme Close kidnapping. Being a national story, there were updates daily if not hourly. DDG only brought up week old info. That was their last chance and I swore off it. Besides, I don’t believe their no tracking promise.
DuckDuckGo is now my default. Google does sometimes have better search, but Google is eveil.
This Tim Anderson character probably works for Google.
I also use Dogpile, which gets pretty effective results.
Is there a good AND search engine?
If I enter a search term like a “lovely little old rectangular green French silver whittling knife” in google, an OR search engine, I get results that include the word “lovely”, OR the word “little”, OR the word “old”, OR or the word “...
Each search term I add to narrow down the results expands the number of results. The way my mind works, that’s bass ackwards!
If you are interested in security, a video by the name of “How to protect your online privacy in 2019” is a good place to start. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lLessJ4R6w8 It has some good ideas.
Been using the “duck” since it first appeared many years ago... Liked it then... Like it now...
Any trace you leave on the Internet can come back to haunt you. The people who are being called tin-foil hatters today 20 years from know will be noted for having been prescient.