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Is it just me or do all search engines feel soooo bad these days? (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by MTK@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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I suspect that this is the direct result of AI generated content just overwhelming any real content.

I tried ddg, google, bing, quant, and none of them really help me find information I want these days.

Perplexity seems to work but I don't like the idea of AI giving me "facts" since they are mostly based on other AI posts

ETA: someone suggested SearXNG and after using it a bit it seems to be much better compared to ddg and the rest.

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[–] illi@lemm.ee 4 points 2 months ago (3 children)

I don't remember any specifics, but I think I heard there were some privacy concerns?

Then again, there seem to be privacy concerns about pretty much anything so might not be that bad...

[–] gpopides@lemmy.world 10 points 2 months ago (2 children)

The concerns are about the credit card you use to pay.

The argument is that they can associate the card with your searches.

As far as I know they don't keep search data. I'm personally happy with them

[–] illi@lemm.ee 8 points 2 months ago

I think this might be it. There were also some statements by the CEO I think which didn't exactly inspire confidencenin their company - but again, I don't remember the details unfortunately

[–] robber@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 months ago

That's what's kept me from using it, although I very much like the idea of paying for a good service. I would love to see them figure out a way to avoid accounts.

[–] majestictechie@lemmy.fosshost.com 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Never heard any issues with Privacy, but I've heard issues about them using Brave search Results as part of their results.

[–] Zeoic@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

If i remember right, it wasn't just using brave, but including a referral id in brave searches. It wasn't intended, and they fixed it, so all good with me.

[–] blurg@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, lots of opinions, a few facts: one of the discussions.

[–] illi@lemm.ee 0 points 2 months ago

It was not even the emails. I tried to duckgo it and only found this controversy (which was new to me). What I saw was a specific qute, possibly on topic of privacy or something adjecent which just made me go "nope!"