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What search engine do you recommend that isn't Google or Bing? (self.asklemmy)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by vermyndax to c/asklemmy

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I'm still trying to de-Google my life, little by little. I don't trust Bing for similar reasons. DDG is feeling shady of late. What's the search engine you all recommend that I can inject into my daily life? Is there perhaps a search engine that is focused on code, or have we just all moved on to AI for searching?

Edit: I meant to also express my frustration that most browsers do not let you select a "default search engine" that can be used in the address bar aside from 3-5 pre-chosen engines. Seems like 2023 we should be able to customize that to our own liking.

Edit 2: Thanks for the recommendation of Kagi. I'm going to roll with it for a while. I see they have an extension for Safari that allows them to hijack the address bar, which is just what I needed.

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[–] PopOfAfrica 22 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Kagi is by far the best search engine I've ever used. It is paid though.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I've been paying for it for a couple of months now, am pretty happy with it. Feels weird to be paying for a search engine, and as it still only has a finite number of searches every month I still have to get used to not being reluctant to use it, but its results are indeed great. More focused than DuckDuckGo, less bullshit than Google.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

~~Are you sure? I had been paying for a higher tier, but I remember they sent an email that they were changing or removing the search metering a while ago.~~

In US it's $5 for 300 searches or $10 for unlimited.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Unless they changed something very subtly and very recently, there's a cap on searches on the lower tier and unlimited search on the higher one.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

You're right. It's $5 for 300 searches or $10 for unlimited. It used to cost more and still have a limit. I didn't realize there was still a cheaper tier.