[kwlug-disc] Now in the market for a new search engine...

[CrankyOldBugger]

I've started playing with searx.tk, and so far so good.  But I'll wait to
see how this all plays out before I uninstall my DDG stuff.

The fact that the DDG back end is Bing is equally disconcerting to me, as
well...  (many of you know of my deeply rooted hated of Microsoft...)


On Sun, Apr 17, 2022 at 11:11 AM Remi Gauvin <remi at georgianit.com> wrote:

> It's interesting,, if you search for youtube-dl on Bing now, the
> homepage is missing.  But if you search on ddg, the home page is the top
> result.  I expect ddg has inserted that into their results while they
> try to come up with a statement on this kerfufle... it probably took
> them by surprise as well.
>
>
>
> On 2022-04-17 10:04 a.m., Hubert Chathi wrote:
> > DDG uses Bing, so it was likely Bing who removed those sites, rather
> > than DDG.
> >
> > On Fri, 15 Apr 2022 22:26:18 -0400, CrankyOldBugger <
> crankyoldbugger at gmail.com> said:
> >
> >> Just found out that DuckDuckGo is now a lapdog for the copyright
> >> industry (
> >>
> https://yro.slashdot.org/story/22/04/15/2057253/duckduckgo-removes-pirate-sites-and-youtube-dl-from-its-search-results
> >> )
> >
> >> I mean, really, youtube-dl????
> >
> >> So I am now in need of a new really-is-private-and-FOSS search engine.
> >> Obviously, Google is out of the question.
> >
> >> What are the cool kids using these days to protect their rights?
> >
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