A little reminder that DuckDuckGo is venture capital (VC) funded.
The way VC works:
1. You get VC
2. You grow as fast as you can (or fail fast)
3. You sell (either to a larger corporation or to the public in an IPO; this is called the “exit”)
(In case any of you are surprised by recent/future developments.)
https://leta.mullvad.net/ a good alternative 💡 ✅
I think european alternatives also had a great list.
Here found it I think:
@nemo Ooh, hadn’t seen it thanks.
Love @mullvadnet’s VPN service but why are they advertising Brave and Google on this interface?
Leta has a lot more pros in contrast to Duckduckgo.
A frequently mentioned alternative to Google is DuckDuckGo. However, the question arises as to why one should trust a provider that is based in the USA and thus subject to the Patriot Act? This means that DuckDuckGo is fundamentally obliged to cooperate with authorities such as the FBI, NSA, and CIA. There are certainly other search engines that one might be able to trust more than DuckDuckGo. (1/3)
(2/3) (Sweden): Leta is a privacy-friendly search engine that acts as a proxy for Google and Brave. This means that your search queries don't go directly through Google or Brave, but instead through Mullvad's own servers — completely without ads, trackers, or cookies. The results do come from the well-known search providers, but they're cached (for up to 30 days) and delivered anonymously.
(3/3) This gives you clean, “untracked” search results — without filter bubbles and without personalized hits. And if you also pair this with the Mullvad VPN one can further elevate privacy 💡
And there seems to be even a onion service nowadays. Even I wasn't aware of this 👍
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