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https://youtube.com/watch?v=nf7XHR3EVHo


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[–] [email protected] 54 points 3 days ago (3 children)

Duckduckgo? That's just a search engine, no?

I agree on the rest of the parts tho

[–] [email protected] 45 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Yeah, odd inclusion. Duckduckgo is indeed a search enginge, but it's essentially just a front end for Bing.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Sadly yes :( i've been keeping an eye on mojeek, hopefully it'll get better.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Ecosia is building a custom search engine index, ETA summer 2025

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Very interesting, thanks for telling me - i recall them sharing your IP with bing/google? but since they're building their own, this may change. I'll keep an eye on this, thank you

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Probably not, they sell your traffic data to plant trees, they're not privacy oriented its just that their greed serves a common good.

[–] Sunshine 2 points 3 days ago

I’m so looking forward to that!

[–] otter 21 points 3 days ago (1 children)

DDG and Brave were pushed as "censorship free" alternatives, back when I was looking into covid disinformation, because the very obviously fake websites would sometimes rank higher on them

There may be more to it though

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I've heard all kinds of bad rumours about Brave but idk if any of it is true.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 days ago
[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

I mean yeah, doesnt matter. The point is people shared alternatives to big tech just like folks who are not in the power right now. Cause apparently x is musk's and it looks like the consensus is that rest of big tech is siding with Trump for profit

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 days ago

I mistook it as you saying DDG is alt-tech. My mistake