@brunomiguel not familiar with that one to be honest

@MitchellYeager6 it allows the users to get Google Search results without the tracking and privacy issues https://github.com/benbusby/whoogle-search

@brunomiguel badass

@pete @MitchellYeager6 I've switched to Startpage but a few availability issues. Also, too frequently get challenged for using VPN. May switch back to DDG.

@pete @MitchellYeager6 I love @StartpageSearch as my search engine

@pete @MitchellYeager6 hi! My I ask what you mean by saying DDG has gone downhill?
I have been using is exclusively for a long time so I might have not noticed what's changed negatively given I have no comparison.

@MitchellYeager6 @chiara DDG’s search results have been less than stellar for quite some time now, unfortunately because of its Bing backend. And this morning I just found out DDG has a deal with Microsoft not to block their trackers. The link says “in the browser”, but I guarantee it doesn’t stop there.

https://twitter.com/shivan_kaul/status/1528879590772338689?s=20&t=EMqKU-NxG3ein-_QwZap8w

@pete @MitchellYeager6 oh, geez, thank you!
I had no idea about that! Time to change to... is there even a good alternative?
I tend to get used to the software and tools I use and I don't actively keep up or seek alternatives when this stuff happens.

@chiara @MitchellYeager6 I’m either switching to Startpage, or self-hosting a Searx instance. I’ll probably try the former to begin with.

@pete @MitchellYeager6 I'll give them both a try. I remember looking at startpage ages ago and not liking it much, but perhaps it was too early to judge.
Thanks again!

@chiara @MitchellYeager6 @pete That’s disappointing to hear

@jpain im intrigued , does it work well ?

@MitchellYeager6 It works very well as Google replacement. Its secret sauce of unique results are rare to see, but it is feature rich.
With duck, I found the results sometimes don't return what I expected and have to revert to Google, but I haven't had to do that with Kagi.
It has some way to go to make it pay-worthy, but it's on the right track for me.

@jpain @MitchellYeager6 same! Been daily driving it for months and have had no reason to go back to DDG or Google. It's great!

@rnilo Do you think you'll pay for it when the time comes?

@jpain leaning toward yes at this point. Will wait and see how it susses out when it goes live.

@rnilo Mind if I ask what the deciding factor is for you?
I'm a little put off by the infancy of the company. I appreciate the philosophy but it's a bit of an unknown to me. Doesn't have the maturity of Duck.

@jpain Curious if there's going to be any value-adds when paying. But I will say that I came from DDG and the search results from Kagi are much better and always giving me exactly what I needed within the top 3 results. DDG never had that level of consistency.

@mjdxp @MitchellYeager6 This pool makes no sense.

@katnjiapus @mjdxp then scroll , lol

@Tudwall @MitchellYeager6 also a Qwant fan, with a peppering of @Mojeek every now and then to see how they’re doing!

@gray @MitchellYeager6 I never heard about @Mojeek before! I'm gonna check them out, thanks 😁

@Tudwall @gray @MitchellYeager6 let us know how you get on! Thanks @gray for the shoutout.