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Re:YouTube Tells Open-Source Privacy Software ‘Invidious’ to... by jeffybefffy519 on Saturday June 17, 2023 @02:43PM (#36373154)
Im no Google shill, but the results DDG returns are terrible. I suspect for search to work well, the engine needs to know a bit about the user - especially if localising the results is important to you.
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Re:YouTube Tells Open-Source Privacy Software ‘Invidious’ to... by rnk on Saturday June 17, 2023 @08:06PM (#36376042)
I've been fine with duck duck go, I occasionally go to google if i can't find something.
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Re:YouTube Tells Open-Source Privacy Software ‘Invidious’ to... by aerio on Sunday June 18, 2023 @12:26AM (#36377318)
Using a search engine efficiently is a lost skill these days and has been replaced by search engines knowing more bout you and making assumptions about your search intentions.
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Re:YouTube Tells Open-Source Privacy Software ‘Invidious’ to... by DropInIn on Sunday June 18, 2023 @11:38PM (#36387047)
Given that half of users report search modifiers have ceased working entirely with Google, and many other engines don't handle them well if at all, the skill isn't lost so much as impossible to apply.
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