My go to search engine is (please boost for greater exposure):

[kete@mstdn.social]

@ctt
local friends' searxng

[bardmoss@autistics.life]

@ctt
Mojeek

[dolanor@hachyderm.io]

@ctt I'm using duckduckgo, but I'm getting more and more shitty AI content.

So I said a few months back that I would setup a YaCy node and use that. I haven't yet, but now I'm getting too pissed about those results.

YaCy is a distributed search engine. The more we participate, the better we will be.

[jbrownesq@mastodon.social]

@ctt none. I dont use current search. I use Wikipedia, and I access websites directly. (I began using the internet in the 90s. None of these modern "problems" are real problems for me, and I gave up the "smartphone" and all their appy thingies years ago. My young kids, too, arent chained to any of this nonsense and know how to live withoit it)

[dalias@hachyderm.io]

@ctt Funny how 0% say they use Bing but it looks like 58% use Bing without knowing it...

[steter@mastodon.stevesworld.co]

@annasdtc @ctt The noai.duckduckgo.com URL shuts it all off. In Firefox, I had to add it under "Additional search engines" and then I could choose it under "Default search engine." It could be made easier.

[ruthoday2@chaosfem.tw]

@ctt

Startpage

[just_one_bear@mastodon.social]

@ctt I selected "other" because I can't control the default engine on a lot of machines I use and for the ones I can control, I seldom use the default settings in the search. (It's wishy-washy nuance, I know)

Most used if I can is noai.duckduckgo and if I have to use Google I use udm14 and literal mode (made a search shortcut for it). No-optimal but those cut out most of the cruft.

[mshearthwitch@wandering.shop]

@ctt Startpage

[mirja2022@mastodon.social]

@ctt I recomand noai.duckduckgo.com !

[argumento@hispagatos.space]

@ctt I use DDG but also startpage

[tromo@kafeneio.social]

@annasdtc
Tip: www.duckduckgo.com/lite
@ctt

[telebrief@ruhr.social]

@ctt It‘s @MetaGer

[tromo@kafeneio.social]

@ctt I used searxng but it uses AI and gets annoying. For now I use DDG lite and I am looking for a good compare of search engines. I am cared especially in access to east (not west) and anonymity. Is there any good article ?

[melcebi@mstdn.io]

@ctt + startpage

[frvabe@mastodon.social]

@ctt startpage

[daltux@snac.daltux.net]

#SearXNG

CC: @ctt@social.lol

[shadow_glider@equestria.social]

@ctt SearXNG, so several of these I guess?

[manu@social.manu.quebec]

@ctt SearXNG, then you choose which ones you want.

[osma@mas.to]

I have not noticed. It's my default on both mobile and desktop, but I'm not a *heavy* user.
@carlos @ctt