I started phasing out all things Google a few years ago, with search being the last to go a couple of years back – I started using other search engines but would often on occasion use Google search on an assumption that I wouldn’t get by without it. Yet when I finally quit Google search altogether, I realised that assumption was wrong.
Obviously the more information something has on you, the more powerful and personalised the results may be, but it’s not worth it. I mean, iirc Startpage uses a lot of the power of Google’s search engine to bring you results while better protecting your privacy, so there’s that.
I’ve also used DuckDuckGo a lot, and tried Searx instances too. Basically it’s anything but Google for me!
And that was before I even read the webcomic Contra Chrome.
I started phasing out all things Google a few years ago, with search being the last to go a couple of years back – I started using other search engines but would often on occasion use Google search on an assumption that I wouldn’t get by without it. Yet when I finally quit Google search altogether, I realised that assumption was wrong.
Obviously the more information something has on you, the more powerful and personalised the results may be, but it’s not worth it. I mean, iirc Startpage uses a lot of the power of Google’s search engine to bring you results while better protecting your privacy, so there’s that.
I’ve also used DuckDuckGo a lot, and tried Searx instances too. Basically it’s anything but Google for me!
And that was before I even read the webcomic Contra Chrome.