halcy​ May 27
okay so what search engine DO you use, right now, by default, in your browser?
Google
9.9%
DDG
57%
Kagi
10.5%
Other
22.6%
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Show threadbreaque
@halcy Kagi, sadly. I know they're evil, but the results and especially the features for site ranking/blocking are so nice it's hard to go back.
May 27 at 11:49amWeb
Show threadhalcy​ May 27
@breaque yeah the site rating is what does it for me (and google, the next best alternative, being, well. bad. it might actually be on par or worse on search quality now for most of what I want, which feels like conspiracy board crazy talk, and yet.)
Show threadkepstinMay 27
@breaque @halcy yeah, a specific issue I've hit with DDG is that while they do allow you to block sites from results, as far as I can tell it only gets saved in your local browser storage. So it's not saved permanently, and not e.g. synced to your phone. Not sure if there's a good privacy preserving way to deal with that.
Show threadMichael KMay 27
@breaque @halcy yeah, i've used kagi for 3 years and agree 100% with this :)
Show threadDidier MalenfantMay 27
@nifta @breaque @halcy just curious, what makes them evil?
Show threadbreaqueMay 28
@didier @nifta @halcy Pushing "AI" slop, paying Yandex and Elon with no way for the user to opt out.