• MrTolkinghoen@lemmy.zip
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      20 hours ago

      Duckduckgo is bing. They route their searches there afaik. It’s just a privacy layer, like startpage is a privacy layer on Google.

      • Realitaetsverlust@lemmy.zip
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        I don’t think that’s true. They are using the index of bing, but the search results are not. At least that’s what I heard, no idea if it’s factual or not.

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        19 hours ago

        Duckduckgo also has bangs, which I consider an essential feature.

        Although I use SearXNG instead, since their equivalent is a lot more customisable (although less bangs out of the box).

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          Yep. I was using ddg but just spun up 2 sear instances for myself. (One on vpn one off)

          What are your favorite searxng customizations / bangs?

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          FWIW you can kinda replicate bangs using Firefox using bookmark “keywords” (I think that’s what they’re called). They basically allow you to create a bang for any site using any trigger characters.

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            Yeah, I use those constantly. For web searching, Wikipedia, work ticket lookups, etc.

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          11 hours ago

          Are there any that have a top knot or fauxhawk though? Asking for a friend.