Vivaldi BrowserJan 20

Looking to get away from Big Tech? Here are some 🇪🇺European alternatives you should check out! 🙏

🔍️ @StartpageSearch – Search engine from the Netherlands
🔍️ @Qwant – Search engine from France
🔍️ @ecosia – Search engine from Germany
🔒️☁️ @protonprivacy – VPN & Cloud storage from Switzerland
🔒️ #OctoVPN – VPN from Norway
☁️ #Cryptee – Cloud storage, based in Estonia
☁️ @jottacloud – Cloud storage from Norway

… And we got you covered with a browser. ❤️

Mojeek Search EngineJan 26
Show threadEelco

@Vivaldi @StartpageSearch @Qwant @ecosia @protonprivacy @jottacloud

The mentioned Search engines here still use Bing/Google as their index from what I researched. Ecosia and Qwant are working on their own index but @Mojeek (UK) seems like the only one producing their own results. I am trying Mojeek for the first time, so far so good.

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Show threadDigitalDiggerJan 26
@eelco0517 @Vivaldi @StartpageSearch @Qwant @ecosia @protonprivacy @jottacloud @Mojeek
I tried it out few weeks ago and I got disappointed
Show threadEelcoJan 26
@dadinek I have to admit it’s not perfect. I hope they are still trying to make it better (also depends on the amount of users I think). I also use Le Chat from @MistralAI
Show threadDigitalDiggerJan 26
@eelco0517 @MistralAI it's really hard task and they are the only european 100% independent search engine. We have to support them
Show threadMojeek Search EngineJan 27
@dadinek @eelco0517 Thank you both. We're constantly making improvements, so feedback when they're not up to scratch is really helpful. We read and consider it all, even if we don't always reply.
Show threadDigitalDiggerJan 27
@Mojeek @eelco0517 For me, I wasn't always satisfied when searching thing in French
Show threadTill KleisliFeb 4
@eelco0517 they built the index and are using it. https://www.eu-searchperspective.com/index.html but I don't know how many of results are from their own index and how many from others..@Qwant @ecosia
European Search Perspective

Promoting digital pluralism, data security, and sustainability through a European Web Index.

Show threadEelcoFeb 4
@kleisli @Qwant @ecosia Nice initiative 👍🏻