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Your guide to finding a new Search Engine service and supporting European companies! (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago by FallenWalnut@lemmy.world to c/buyeuropean@feddit.uk

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[–] unwillingsomnambulist@midwest.social 7 points 1 year ago (1 child)

For now I’ll stick with SearXNG, it’s among the first things I get up and running when I distro hop, but I’m glad there are other non-US options to try.

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[–] phantomwise@lemmy.ml 1 point 1 year ago

yeah I wish decentralized search engines were more common

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