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Re:The world needs more search engines by buzzerbetrayed on Sunday December 01, 2019 @12:18PM (#21676499)
I’ve tried switching to ddg a number of times in the past. Every time the same thing happens:

“This result isn’t that great. I’m going to !g just this once”

Then, one week later I’m adding !g to literally every singe search so I switch back to google because what’s the point?

I really do hope to one day get off of google though.

Re:The world needs more search engines by ummonk on Sunday December 01, 2019 @12:32PM (#21676602)
For me it helped to switch over my mobile browser in addition to desktop. It's much more of a hassle to type !g so I try to make do with ddg and only use !g if I really have to. After a month or so it seems like my choice of search queries has adapted to better make use of Bing's algorithms, and when I do find myself trying !g, half the time it results in even worse results.
Re:The world needs more search engines by visarga on Sunday December 01, 2019 @12:36PM (#21676634)
I use StartPage.com which is based on Google but strips the private data.
Re:The world needs more search engines by DavideNL on Sunday December 01, 2019 @04:01PM (#21677757)
"Startpage is now owned by an advertising company" : https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21371577