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Is it just me or do all search engines feel soooo bad these days?

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I suspect that this is the direct result of AI generated content just overwhelming any real content.

I tried ddg, google, bing, quant, and none of them really help me find information I want these days.

Perplexity seems to work but I don’t like the idea of AI giving me “facts” since they are mostly based on other AI posts

ETA: someone suggested SearXNG and after using it a bit it seems to be much better compared to ddg and the rest.

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illi@lemm.ee
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I don’t remember any specifics, but I think I heard there were some privacy concerns?

Then again, there seem to be privacy concerns about pretty much anything so might not be that bad…

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gpopides@lemmy.world
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The concerns are about the credit card you use to pay.

The argument is that they can associate the card with your searches.

As far as I know they don’t keep search data. I’m personally happy with them

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illi@lemm.ee
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I think this might be it. There were also some statements by the CEO I think which didn’t exactly inspire confidencenin their company - but again, I don’t remember the details unfortunately

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robber@lemmy.ml
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That’s what’s kept me from using it, although I very much like the idea of paying for a good service. I would love to see them figure out a way to avoid accounts.

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majestictechie@lemmy.fosshost.com
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Never heard any issues with Privacy, but I’ve heard issues about them using Brave search Results as part of their results.

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Zeoic@lemmy.world
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If i remember right, it wasn’t just using brave, but including a referral id in brave searches. It wasn’t intended, and they fixed it, so all good with me.

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blurg@lemmy.world
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Yeah, lots of opinions, a few facts: one of the discussions.

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illi@lemm.ee
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It was not even the emails. I tried to duckgo it and only found this controversy (which was new to me). What I saw was a specific qute, possibly on topic of privacy or something adjecent which just made me go “nope!”

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