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Is it just me or do all search engines feel soooo bad these days? (lemmy.world)
submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by to c/technology@lemmy.world
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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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[–] 4 points 2 years ago (3 children)

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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  • [–] 11 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    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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  • [–] 9 points 2 years ago

    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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