Google Search Is Dead. Time to Switch to a European Privacy-First Alternative

Re:Google Search Is Dead. Time to Switch to a European Priva... by delis-thumbs-7e on Thursday May 21, 2026 @03:39AM (#48219155)

Now I know what people say here all the time, first time this creepy feeling just from headlines that it is completely LLM-generated text. Are the results same as with Ecosia, since it uses the same index? Their marketing is confusing as hell.

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Re:Google Search Is Dead. Time to Switch to a European Priva... by biglyburrito on Thursday May 21, 2026 @03:51AM (#48219248)

They got the "Google Search Is Dead" part right, at least.

If you want a better search engine, Kagi ( https://kagi.com ) is a good place to start. Yes, it's a paid product -- once you outgrow their free plan, which offers 100 searches -- but they've got a lot of quality-of-life features & they're focused on user privacy. I've been using it exclusively for 2.5 years already -- I haven't touched Google, DuckDuckGo, Ecosia, or any others -- and I have no regrets paying for it.

The only downside I can think of regarding Kagi is that it's US-based. But until another company is able to do as good a job while operating outside of a Five Eyes country ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Five_Eyes ), I'll be sticking with Kagi.

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Re:Google Search Is Dead. Time to Switch to a European Priva... by delis-thumbs-7e on Thursday May 21, 2026 @04:09AM (#48219389)

I use Kagi already. They are pretty amazing. It is definitely worth the money.

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Re:Google Search Is Dead. Time to Switch to a European Priva... by antoine_b on Thursday May 21, 2026 @12:45PM (#48225640)

I concur.

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