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In the "choose a default search engine" page, it has a slightly amusing summary for each. > Google > Your personal data fuels its monopoly. Market-dominant du
by lunarcave 1y ago
In the "choose a default search engine" page, it has a slightly amusing summary for each.
> Google
> Your personal data fuels its monopoly. Market-dominant due to anti-competitive and anti-consumer practices.
> Qwant
> Based in Europe. Uses Bing results. Sends tracking data to Microsoft.
> DuckDuckGo
> Privacy-focused. Relies on Bing results but never tracks or profiles you.
> Ecosia
> May plant trees for clicking ads. Relies on Bing and Google. Sends tracking data to Microsoft and Google.
> Microsoft Bing
> Collects extensive personal data. Privacy controls are buried and limited. Subjectively overwhelming UI.
> Kagi
> Privacy-focused. Customizable results without ads or tracking. Requires a paid account.
- maineagetter 1y ago[dead]
- firejake308 1y agoSlightly amusing, perhaps, but accurate and concise? Definitely.
- hopelite 1y agoI wish we could just add our own default search with a search string template like when the Internet was still alive. That being said, I like using the slightly more obscure presearch.com and Swisscows.com, for what it’s worth.
- hdjrudni 1y ago> I wish we could just add our own default search with a search string template like when the Internet was still alive. Can't we? The %s thing works in Vivaldi. Worked in Chrome last time I checked.
- lpln3452 1y agoFirefox still lets you do this. You can add any URL as a custom search engine by providing a string template for the query. It doesn't have to be a formal "search provider". Any URL that accepts a query string will work.
- a022311 1y agoIMO the problem with Firefox is that custom search engines in Firefox can't use POST requests, even though it's supported. You may want to check Mycroft Project [1] out for that. [1]: https://mycroftproject.com/ https://mycroftproject.com/
- int_19h 1y agoThe only major browser that I can think of that doesn't support custom search URLs, including making one the default, is Safari.
- keyle 1y agoImagine reading that list in 1995. Sigh.
- godelski 1y agoThe irony is it is a Chromium browser...
- nunobrito 1y agoPlease review your opinion about Qwant, the overwhelming majority of search results are produced internally and they are very clear about what isn't: https://betterweb.qwant.com/en/2023/09/18/web-indexing-where-is-qwants-independence https://betterweb.qwant.com/en/2023/09/18/web-indexing-where... In Europe they are still IMHO the best option for an independent search engine.
- deleted 1y ago[deleted]
- TiredOfLife 1y ago> Kagi should be changed to > Openly and proudly collaborates with russian government
- n4bz0r 1y agoWhat's the context? Is there a proof of sorts?
- TiredOfLife 1y agohttps://kagifeedback.org/d/5445-reconsider-yandex-integration-due-to-the-geopolitical-status-quo/19 https://kagifeedback.org/d/5445-reconsider-yandex-integratio...
- n4bz0r 1y agoThere is nothing about collaborating with Russian government in the post. They merely make use of a Russian-based search engine to provide better search results. I won't argue if this is good or bad, but from your statement it sounds like they collect all the users' data and sell it directly to Federal Security Service.
- TiredOfLife 1y agoYandex is russian government
- n4bz0r 1y agoThat's as shallow as "<anything Russian> is Russian government". Russian government certainly established strong leverage over Yandex (and every other major business for that matter), but they don't exactly own the company. Such blanket statements really don't bring anything to the table. PS: I think you might be confusing Yandex with VK. VK are known to be loyal to government and provide users' data to law enforcement at a whim, without proper procedures.
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