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Re:Show HN: Altsear.ch - you can get by without using Google... by dschuessler on Sunday April 18, 2021 @06:43AM (#26851368)
I use the Redirector extension to mitigate the problem of "getting into the habit" by automation: https://einaregilsson.com/redirector/

It redirects all my googling to Startpage so I don't have to change my habits at all.

I recently discovered Privacy Redirect which apparently took the idea a step further by providing presets that redirect visits to popular web services to their privacy friendly alternatives by default and thus mitigates the need to set up a redirector extension yourself: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/privacy-redir...

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Re:Show HN: Altsear.ch - you can get by without using Google... by m-p-3 on Sunday April 18, 2021 @03:50PM (#26855720)
Why not simply change the search provider in your browser?

For the redirection side of thing I agree that could be useful for someone wanting to redirect YouTube links to an Invidious instance, and Twitter links to a Nitter instance, etc.

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