Alternative search engine DuckDuckGo launches 'no AI' web extensions for Chrome and Firefox users.

without stupid adblockblock https://archive.is/whZuI

also i wouldn’t install their extension just for that, you can edit your default search engine to anu address you want in the settings

browser extensions are a huge privacy risk and i wouldn’t trust ddg with my data because of their Microsoft deal, not to block their trackers (they reverted that part after the backlash) in the ddg browser and to only show msn under their news tab in regular ddg

  • sobchak@programming.devEnglish
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    22 days ago

    Qwant is French. Not a privacy search engine and looks like it features AI now. Kagi is really good, but US based and expensive. I think most of Europe does intelligence sharing with the US (“14 eyes” or something like that)?

    • Tetsuo@jlai.luEnglish
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      22 days ago

      Yeah I used Qwant for 2/3 years. It wasn’t really good either. I was constantly calling google through Qwant so it became pointless.

      I think Switzerland would probably be a good place to host a search engine.

        • Tetsuo@jlai.luEnglish
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          22 days ago

          If I recall correctly they have strong privacy laws and the fact that they are not part of the EU can also help with some extra sovereignty I guess.

          It’s also where protonmail is hosted.

          • anamethatisnt@sopuli.xyzEnglish
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            22 days ago

            Proton are building a walled garden though. Trying to export and migrate from it is hell. I much rather have common imap/smtp and setting up pgp keys myself. That way I can easily import my local backup to a new provider if the need rises.