I’m still trying to de-Google my life, little by little. I don’t trust Bing for similar reasons. DDG is feeling shady of late. What’s the search engine you all recommend that I can inject into my daily life? Is there perhaps a search engine that is focused on code, or have we just all moved on to AI for searching?

Edit: I meant to also express my frustration that most browsers do not let you select a “default search engine” that can be used in the address bar aside from 3-5 pre-chosen engines. Seems like 2023 we should be able to customize that to our own liking.

Edit 2: Thanks for the recommendation of Kagi. I’m going to roll with it for a while. I see they have an extension for Safari that allows them to hijack the address bar, which is just what I needed.

    • Praise IdlenessEnglish
      161·
      10 months ago

      except it’s not for me… I search way, way more than 300/month and $10/m honestly sounds a little unreasonable for a search engine.

      • Mr_Blott
        820·
        10 months ago

        Cool, don’t use it then. Enjoy your SEO optimised search results

        For the huge majority of people, $5 and 300 searches is plenty, and great value for actually useful results

        • skeeter_dave
          20·
          10 months ago

          For that price I can just spool up a vps and run a Searxng instance.

    • jemikwaEnglish
      20·
      10 months ago

      Even better if you can get into a family plan with friends