I’m trying to degoogle. I’ve heard good things about DuckDuckGo and I’ve been using it for the past few weeks and it’s pretty solid. But I’m just wondering what the Lemmy/Piefed community prefer for a search engine.

  • Creat@discuss.tchncs.de
    6·
    3 months ago

    searxng (self hosted). But I understand not everyone can host something. There are public instances out there as well.

      • fizzle@quokk.auEnglish
        3·
        3 months ago

        Not necessarily.

        You configure which engines you want it to use.

        Although lately the list of engines which are working well seems to be quite small.

      • Creat@discuss.tchncs.de
        2·
        3 months ago

        Yes, but my search data doesn’t leave my house. Also since my IP changed multiple times a week (not quite daily, but close), I prefer this to using someone else’s instance. There is some obfuscation to be gained by searching through a public insurance as well, but my insurance is still used by multiple people, not just me.