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submitted 6 months ago by MoreCoffee@lemm.ee to c/technology@lemmy.world

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DDG is now offering free/private AI chat using several models.

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[-] kinsnik@lemmy.world 20 points 6 months ago

I still use DDG (for search, none of the other bs they’ve been adding) because they are definitely better than Google or Bing. Is there a better alternative?

[-] ace_garp@lemmy.world 6 points 6 months ago

Currently using and testing SearXNG

https://github.com/searxng/searxng

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The list of public instances to connect to and use is here

https://searx.space/

[-] DdCno1@kbin.social 1 points 6 months ago

Startpage is pretty good.

[-] ShadowCat@lemmy.dbzer0.com 15 points 6 months ago

wasn't it bought by an advertising company?

[-] TheFeatureCreature@lemmy.world 3 points 6 months ago

Considering DDG's privacy claims cannot be independently verified (and their MS tracking fiasco 2 years ago) they should be treated with the same level of caution that Startpage gets.

[-] ShadowCat@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

but the difference between DDG and startpage is that DDG allows connections through Tor and VPN, while startpage doesn't. isn't it suspicious ?

[-] FeelThePower@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 6 months ago

I used to use startpage but just recently switched back to ddg. for some reason on my browser the search would return errors or sometimes I'd type my search query and it would just load the homepage of the site. Sometimes it just feels like there is no winning. :/

[-] jeena@jemmy.jeena.net -2 points 6 months ago

https://www.qwant.com/

[-] RmDebArc_5@sh.itjust.works 12 points 6 months ago

Shares your IP and search query (according to them separately) with Microsoft.

[-] Meansalladknifehands@lemm.ee 0 points 6 months ago

So does DDG

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