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submitted 10 months ago by hellfire103@sopuli.xyz to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

I have used SearXNG for a while, but I switched to LibreX after the search engine started glitching. Recently, though, LibreX has stopped returning any results. I am currently on Mojeek, but the results aren't that great.

I have also tried Qwant, but I wasn't too keen on it. Startpage will be impractical, as I use a VPN and this engine often blocks me because of it. I don't want to use Brave Search for a number of reasons. MetaGer has too many important features behind its paywall. I'm not sure about DuckDuckGo, but I could use it if there was no other option.

Any suggestions, or am I being too picky?

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[-] rizoid@midwest.social 20 points 10 months ago

They use bing results but they most certainly weren't bought by Microsoft. They have a deal with Microsoft to use their results without tracking. At least to my knowledge. Someone correct me if I'm wrong.

[-] H2207@lemmy.world 6 points 10 months ago

Oh right, thanks I wasn't sure I just knew they made some deal with Microsoft

[-] Facebones@reddthat.com 6 points 10 months ago

They had been contractually obligated to allow certain MS ad cookies/trackers as part of a big money deal, but I believe they were able to get those requirements removed and it's actually zero trackers now.

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