<![CDATA[Have you #DeGoogled your search?]]>Have you your search? Let us know which is your favourite.

While many alternative search engines to Google still rely on Google or Bing's search index, it's still worth making the switch.

Find out why in our latest article πŸ‘‰

https://tuta.com/blog/alternative-search-engines-to-google

@ecosia @Qwant @kagihq @StartpageSearch @duckduckgo

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/topic/1b358d61-fd01-4bc3-98b9-c2059ea28b31/have-you-degoogled-your-searchRSS for NodeThu, 13 Aug 2026 18:08:09 GMTWed, 12 Aug 2026 09:19:04 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Have you #DeGoogled your search? on Thu, 13 Aug 2026 13:45:36 GMT]]>@Tutanota
I utilize @Qwant and @Mojeek

I appreciate the research and rankings by @ethicalconsumer

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/bentley_lucas/statuses/117088500848912646https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/bentley_lucas/statuses/117088500848912646Thu, 13 Aug 2026 13:45:36 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Have you #DeGoogled your search? on Thu, 13 Aug 2026 13:32:37 GMT]]>@pixelcode @dwa @Tutanota @kagihq If that's the case, it would be a hard argument against Kagi.

I'm quite frankly rather puzzled, what other service to use instead because ads are no option and a pure meta search engine is suboptimal at best as well.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://gruene.social/ap/users/116390677461288584/statuses/117088449822260531https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://gruene.social/ap/users/116390677461288584/statuses/117088449822260531Thu, 13 Aug 2026 13:32:37 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Have you #DeGoogled your search? on Thu, 13 Aug 2026 12:50:09 GMT]]>@thoralf @dwa @Tutanota

pay Yandex in exchange for search results. In russia, hands over their users' private data to the FSB, promotes pro-war disinformation and shows only Kremlin-approved websites in the top 5 results. Yandex also sent their Ukrainian users' private information to the β€Žn intelligence services.

@kagihq's CEO said: β€œThe moment 'politics' becomes a factor in search results is the moment I stop working on a search engine. … Users deserve access to the best possible information, not information filtered through our political lens. … As someone who was a refugee of two wars, I'm not indifferent to human suffering. The world doesn't need another politicized search engine.”

πŸ”— https://ounapuu.ee/posts/2025/07/17/kagi/
πŸ”— https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yandex
πŸ”— https://kagifeedback.org/d/5445-reconsider-yandex-integration-due-to-the-geopolitical-status-quo/19

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.tchncs.de/users/pixelcode/statuses/117088282822256483https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.tchncs.de/users/pixelcode/statuses/117088282822256483Thu, 13 Aug 2026 12:50:09 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Have you #DeGoogled your search? on Thu, 13 Aug 2026 08:32:21 GMT]]>@Okuna @Tutanota @ecosia @Qwant @kagihq @StartpageSearch StartPage used to be pretty good, but over the last year the quality of results has really taken a dive.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/jernej__s/statuses/117087269097391828https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/jernej__s/statuses/117087269097391828Thu, 13 Aug 2026 08:32:21 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Have you #DeGoogled your search? on Thu, 13 Aug 2026 06:54:45 GMT]]>@Tutanota @ecosia @Qwant @kagihq @StartpageSearch @duckduckgo Kagi for me.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/byuck/statuses/117086885339426515https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/byuck/statuses/117086885339426515Thu, 13 Aug 2026 06:54:45 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Have you #DeGoogled your search? on Wed, 12 Aug 2026 22:07:04 GMT]]>@Tutanota
Yes, with Oursie. https://oursie.com/
@ecosia @Qwant @kagihq @StartpageSearch @duckduckgo

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/canard164/statuses/117084810437110023https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/canard164/statuses/117084810437110023Wed, 12 Aug 2026 22:07:04 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Have you #DeGoogled your search? on Wed, 12 Aug 2026 20:29:21 GMT]]>@Tutanota @ecosia @Qwant @kagihq @StartpageSearch @duckduckgo

Startpage; Swisscows

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/116956636749772377/statuses/117084426149367443https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/116956636749772377/statuses/117084426149367443Wed, 12 Aug 2026 20:29:21 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Have you #DeGoogled your search? on Wed, 12 Aug 2026 19:50:37 GMT]]>@Tutanota @ecosia @Qwant @kagihq @StartpageSearch @duckduckgo I've just subscribed for Kagi yesterday. I've been eyeing them for about a year now, but was always hesitant to start paying for searches. But I finally made the move. I'm sure it will pay off, because last time I blew the free 100 searches in about 2 days.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://tutter.org/users/marcsello/statuses/117084273847534621https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://tutter.org/users/marcsello/statuses/117084273847534621Wed, 12 Aug 2026 19:50:37 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Have you #DeGoogled your search? on Wed, 12 Aug 2026 19:00:24 GMT]]>@Tutanota @ecosia @Qwant @kagihq @StartpageSearch @duckduckgo
@brave search is still a favorite

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://tilde.zone/users/Neilisin/statuses/117084076387555272https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://tilde.zone/users/Neilisin/statuses/117084076387555272Wed, 12 Aug 2026 19:00:24 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Have you #DeGoogled your search? on Wed, 12 Aug 2026 17:28:27 GMT]]>@the_wub No, I use Helium on PC and it's super simple to add

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/116817546644638301/statuses/117083714855751272https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/116817546644638301/statuses/117083714855751272Wed, 12 Aug 2026 17:28:27 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Have you #DeGoogled your search? on Wed, 12 Aug 2026 15:49:40 GMT]]>@Tutanota @ecosia @Qwant @kagihq @StartpageSearch @duckduckgo Kagi FTW. Yes its paid, but it ain't expensive, and it actually finds things like Google used to do back in the day...

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.vivaldi.net/users/wheaty73/statuses/117083326436184331https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.vivaldi.net/users/wheaty73/statuses/117083326436184331Wed, 12 Aug 2026 15:49:40 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Have you #DeGoogled your search? on Wed, 12 Aug 2026 15:09:32 GMT]]>@markmetz @Tutanota @ecosia @Qwant @kagihq @StartpageSearch @duckduckgo
@Vivaldi
Dutch Startpage is indeed default in Norwegian Vivaldi.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.vivaldi.net/ap/users/116215924619478180/statuses/117083168612455848https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.vivaldi.net/ap/users/116215924619478180/statuses/117083168612455848Wed, 12 Aug 2026 15:09:32 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Have you #DeGoogled your search? on Wed, 12 Aug 2026 14:58:03 GMT]]>@Tutanota I use DDG no ai or brave search depending on which browser I use (Vivaldi or Librewolf)

Brave is really good and works without JavaScript but does push reddit hard and the CEO of brave is a piece of shit. No JavaScript blocks their AI too.

DDG No AI is fine for results too but gives me a forbidden error with JavaScript blocked and relies on bing more than I'd like

Used to use ecosia but kept getting nagged by cloudflare checks so I left

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mstdn.social/users/viralobscurity/statuses/117083123443444152https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mstdn.social/users/viralobscurity/statuses/117083123443444152Wed, 12 Aug 2026 14:58:03 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Have you #DeGoogled your search? on Wed, 12 Aug 2026 14:45:03 GMT]]>@Tutanota Uruky is working very well so far.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://meowstodon.eu/users/meowki/statuses/117083072312273618https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://meowstodon.eu/users/meowki/statuses/117083072312273618Wed, 12 Aug 2026 14:45:03 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Have you #DeGoogled your search? on Wed, 12 Aug 2026 14:16:16 GMT]]>@Tutanota @ecosia @Qwant @kagihq @StartpageSearch @duckduckgo It's usually DuckDuckGo, although I'll use others on occasion.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://thecanadian.social/ap/users/116358493780415867/statuses/117082959173336493https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://thecanadian.social/ap/users/116358493780415867/statuses/117082959173336493Wed, 12 Aug 2026 14:16:16 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Have you #DeGoogled your search? on Wed, 12 Aug 2026 13:43:54 GMT]]>@Tutanota @ecosia @Qwant @kagihq @StartpageSearch how about brave search? And why is DDG 4 stars?

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/sm32d/statuses/117082831877320229https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/sm32d/statuses/117082831877320229Wed, 12 Aug 2026 13:43:54 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Have you #DeGoogled your search? on Wed, 12 Aug 2026 13:27:12 GMT]]>@markmetz They don't seem to collect any data so it should be fine, but it does still worry me.
I'd recommend looking into their privacy policy at startpage.com/privacy-policy

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://fairmove.net/ap/users/116862870734858075/statuses/117082766214247164https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://fairmove.net/ap/users/116862870734858075/statuses/117082766214247164Wed, 12 Aug 2026 13:27:12 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Have you #DeGoogled your search? on Wed, 12 Aug 2026 13:22:16 GMT]]>@markmetz@sfba.social
No its the Dutch flag

πŸ‡·πŸ‡Ί this is russian
πŸ‡³πŸ‡± this is dutch

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mk.absturztau.be/notes/aptonq842f9d00euhttps://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mk.absturztau.be/notes/aptonq842f9d00euWed, 12 Aug 2026 13:22:16 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Have you #DeGoogled your search? on Wed, 12 Aug 2026 13:14:37 GMT]]>@the_wub @jackgedge I use browser-based adblockers and a Pi-hole as well but I do remember seeing an ad result from DDG recently, I just can't remember which device

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://roddie.social/users/roddie/statuses/117082716732451225https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://roddie.social/users/roddie/statuses/117082716732451225Wed, 12 Aug 2026 13:14:37 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Have you #DeGoogled your search? on Wed, 12 Aug 2026 13:13:19 GMT]]>@roddie @rguy In the old days of Firefox you could go to the add-ons website and "install" a search engine.

But only if someone had taken the time to make the particular variant you wanted.

In those days I used to have multiple DDG search engines in Firefox to allow me to search in different countries.

That is until Mozilla changed how search engines were displayed in the search field drop down menu making it was no longer possible to differentiate between the different instances of DDG.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/the_wub/statuses/117082711637096993https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/the_wub/statuses/117082711637096993Wed, 12 Aug 2026 13:13:19 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Have you #DeGoogled your search? on Wed, 12 Aug 2026 13:09:11 GMT]]>@jackgedge @roddie I have ad-blockers on every device.

And a pi-hole at home between me and the interwebs.

I have stopped using devices that make it difficult for me to block adverts.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/the_wub/statuses/117082695359308662https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/the_wub/statuses/117082695359308662Wed, 12 Aug 2026 13:09:11 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Have you #DeGoogled your search? on Wed, 12 Aug 2026 12:57:30 GMT]]>@jackgedge Ah, great tip - I have adblock on most devices but not everything so I will definitely use this, thanks

https://github.com/duckduckgo/duckduckgo-help-pages/blob/master/_docs/settings/params.md#interface-settings

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://roddie.social/users/roddie/statuses/117082649441696882https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://roddie.social/users/roddie/statuses/117082649441696882Wed, 12 Aug 2026 12:57:30 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Have you #DeGoogled your search? on Wed, 12 Aug 2026 12:56:07 GMT]]>@egzuits
Ah, good. Although some of the other comments here are making me a bit leery about it too.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://sfba.social/users/markmetz/statuses/117082643958055568https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://sfba.social/users/markmetz/statuses/117082643958055568Wed, 12 Aug 2026 12:56:07 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Have you #DeGoogled your search? on Wed, 12 Aug 2026 12:52:05 GMT]]>@phoefer @Tutanota @MetaGer

MetaGer‼️

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.tchncs.de/users/u_urban/statuses/117082628108408165https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.tchncs.de/users/u_urban/statuses/117082628108408165Wed, 12 Aug 2026 12:52:05 GMT