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Re:Ask HN: Alternatives to DuckDuckGo? by lizardactivist on Sunday March 13, 2022 @10:03AM (#30661294)
Some alternatives:

qwant.com, based in the EU, using their own index without tracking.

ecosia.org, based in the EU, backed by Bing but with their own algorithm for filtering the results.

startpage.com, based in the EU, backed by anonymized Google results.

swisscows.com, based in the EU, backed by anonymized Bing results.

(this is not an advert for EU-based search engines, these just happen to be the ones that I know of)

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Re:Ask HN: Alternatives to DuckDuckGo? by twoneurons on Sunday March 13, 2022 @11:06AM (#30661851)
EU based: you can assume they filter search results.

Both because EU mandates this explicitly, and because there's a constant regulatory threat.

Freedom of speech isn't a credible principle in EU.

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Re:Ask HN: Alternatives to DuckDuckGo? by tgv on Sunday March 13, 2022 @11:05AM (#30661833)
A German one: nona.de. They prioritize German search results, though, but it works quite well for technical searches. Qwant's results resembles those of DDG and Ecosia rather a lot, so it might be bing as well?
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Re:Ask HN: Alternatives to DuckDuckGo? by proofrock on Sunday March 13, 2022 @12:16PM (#30662634)
Qwant is really good for me.
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Re:Ask HN: Alternatives to DuckDuckGo? by czernobog on Sunday March 13, 2022 @11:03AM (#30661812)
Never heard of ecosia until now. Looks pretty good!
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