pretty cool! This shows that people will switch to better privacy solutions if they have clear branding and are easy to use. I wish there was an open-source and decentralized alternative to ddg
this post was submitted on 16 Jun 2021
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I wish there was an open-source and decentralized alternative to ddg
I think searx would fit that definition. is FOSS, self hostable, and in my experience (of 2 days searching with it xD ) its results are better than ddg.
there's also a tutorial about choosing a random instance for each search here. the only problem is that some instances don't function well. so you might need to search again.
You could also use the Privacy Redirect extension, which amongst other things can redirect your search engine to more private ones. In particular it has various instances of Searx, and rotates randomly among them
If you want to use the main instance, pay for it but is is fully FLOSS (client and server side).
Own indexing and also acts as a metasearch engine.
They also have https://gitlab.com/infinitysearch/infinity-decentralized
Another one, MetaGer, is likely the same run by a non-profit. However, main instance just acts as a metasearch engine.
sorry but DDG has terrible search results comparing to Google. and i am still sticking with them just to support.