Search?

[darkemeralds]

 Where are people going for online search now that Google has utterly succumbed to enshittification?

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[donutsweeper]

I switched so my browser's default search engine is duckduckgo years ago. No ads is ideal for me. Occasionally I poke about at different engines if I am searching for something specifically that I couldn't find that way, but it mostly works just fine.

[darkemeralds]

Good to know. I haven't found anything yet that beats Google's image search, but practically everything now beats its horrible AI-infested, ad-wracked results. Why, Google? Why??

[donutsweeper]

For reverse image search I've had some luck with https://tineye.com/

Another search engine I use when I remember is https://www.startpage.com/ but since it's not my computer's default I usually forget.

[darkemeralds]

Ooh, thank you!

[darkemeralds]

Hey! This startpage is pretty good! Nice clean interface, fairly reliable looking results. Thank you.

[donutsweeper]

Glad you're finding it helpful :)

[yourlibrarian]

I've used Startpage for a very long time, back when it was Ixquick. It's my default search engine and I rarely use others, though I do use Wikipedia when I'm looking for info on specific things.

[darkemeralds]

Duly noted. This looks very promising!

[azurelunatic]

That's what my partner uses. I've still been suffering along through Google.

[darkemeralds]

Me too, and I'm just so tired of it.