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Re:DuckDuckGo Down by niutech on Thursday May 23, 2024 @10:03AM (#40454878)
Quant also relies on Bing API.
Re:DuckDuckGo Down by decide1000 on Thursday May 23, 2024 @02:49PM (#40458384)
Quant or Qwant? Qwant does not rely on the Bing api but has its own index.
Re:DuckDuckGo Down by niutech on Thursday May 23, 2024 @03:28PM (#40458875)
Qwant, sorry. On Wikiledia they mention Bing multiple times: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qwant

Qwant was also out of service today due to Bing API outage: https://www.gamingdeputy.com/bing-outage-exposes-qwant-and-d...

Re:DuckDuckGo Down by mardifoufs on Thursday May 23, 2024 @03:12PM (#40458721)
Are you sure about that? It doesn't completely rely on it but didn't it use bing as one of the search providers? I'm probably completely wrong and my info is outdated but I'm asking because it would be pretty special (in a good way!) if they use their own index exclusively.
Re:DuckDuckGo Down by pythux on Friday May 24, 2024 @04:22AM (#40464122)
Qwant was not usable yesterday during the Bing outage so that pretty much shows they cannot function without Bing (even if they do have some auxiliary indexes of some sort)