So ddg is down, so I visit Google. It's been some years.

I just can't believe how poor it's results are, and how it's trying to suggest things it think I might also want (and failing miserably).

I just assumed ddg would be the lesser, but I use it for privacy. Turns out I'm wrong.

How long has Google been this bad?

  • roux [he/him, comrade/them]5•1 month ago

    DDG being down was the push for me to finally try SearXNG. Used it all day while working on code and it's been pleasant. The search results are actually meaningful and it's fast.

    • radiofreeval [she/her]1•1 month ago

      I can't get it to save my preferences. That's the only hurdle to me not using it.

      • roux [he/him, comrade/them]1•1 month ago

        I'm not having this issue. I'm using one of the Firefox extensions but don't get to choose an instance. I just went with the second most popular extensions because I liked the UI better.