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Google Search as you know it is over - but there are alternatives (techcrunch.com)
submitted 5 months ago by to c/degoogle@discuss.tchncs.de
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Google is making its Search more centred around AI, turning it into a conversation.

Besides being a worse experience, the websites from which it sources its information are losing all traffic and recognition.

Recommend a list of alternatives:

  • Kagi - Paid but better experience than Google
  • Ecosia - Similar experience while supporting a good cause
  • Qwant - Increasingly unique results and building a EU-first index
  • DuckDuckGo - Privacy-focused search, but quality of results may vary

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[–] 7 points 5 months ago

This LLM tech must be amazing, given companies have to shove it down people's throats to even get users for it.

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    [–] 6 points 5 months ago (3 children)

    I pay for kagi, I am happy enough with their search experience to keep paying.

    Having a computer hit on me while I'm trying to find a bus schedule sounds super convenient.

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  • [–] 2 points 5 months ago

    The cool thing about Kagi is, that, while it also offers a ton of really good LLM features, those are all optional, and the user can configure them for their account.

    If one just wants web search, one can set all LLM features to disabled by default - such that they are hidden behind buttons. If one wants to have certain LLM features enabled by default, that's possible too.

    In other words, you get exactly the experience you want.

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    • [–] 5 points 5 months ago* (4 children)

    DuckDuckGo is clearly controlled opposition whether they realize it or not, kind of like Mozilla but for search engines.

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  • [–] 3 points 5 months ago (2 children)

    How's that?

    Last time I checked, Ecosia and DuckDuckGo both use the Microsoft Bing index, just one of them promises to plant trees if only if you click on ads

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  • [–] 2 points 5 months ago (1 child)

    Last I heard like 6 months ago microsoft stopped selling Bing api access to other compaines, so I think Ecosia is just google now

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    • [+] 1 point 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (2 children)
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    • [–] 1 point 5 months ago

    Haven't used google search for almost a decade.

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    [–] 1 point 5 months ago

    also, qwant is building it's search index with ecosia.

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