I really like the Librewolf browser and DuckDuckGo search engine and mobile browser. The Iceraven browser on mobile is also quite nice.

        • beta_tester@lemmy.ml
          1·
          3 years ago

          Not only that

          • springer holds a share of qwant and springer is a rubbish company.
          • qwant on mobile shows you the mobile sites of the search results instead of the “real” website. I think that’s a tiny but important difference.
          • qwant doesn’t show you the protocol, i.e. http, ftp, etc. And hides SSL encryption of sites on mobile.
          • qwant hides the subfolder structure of the site you are about to enter on mobile.
          • qwant forces you to choose a country and only serves higher income countries. Qwant shows you different results in different countries. It’s not just an english or french web, it’s a canadian french, frensh frensh, etc. Web.
  • SudoDnfDashY@lemmy.ml
    2·
    3 years ago

    Hardened Firefox + Searx, along with Noscript, Ublock Origin, and cookie autodelete. Mobile is the same thing but with Mobile Firefox.

  • Seirdy@lemmy.ml
    2·
    3 years ago

    I compiled a list of search engines that use their own indexes for organic results: https://seirdy.one/2021/03/10/search-engines-with-own-indexes.html

    I typically use a Searx/SearxNG instance that mixes Google, Bing, and Bing-derivatives (e.g. DDG) with other indexes: petal, Mojeek, Gigablast, and Qwant (Qwant mixes its own results with Bing’s).

    I’ll probably post a big update to that article at some point that compares if/how some of the listed engines process structured data.

  • alex@lemmy.ml
    1·
    3 years ago

    I like Brave with DDG as it is relatively simple and doesn’t break loads of sites. I also use the uMatrix extension to block 3rd party JS, this means most sites work fine with their own JS but any other JS is blocked by default.

  • Milliways@lemmy.ml
    1·
    3 years ago

    duckduckgo and firefox with arkenfox’s user.js and ublock origin. works really well

  • Arcaneslime@lemmy.ml
    1·
    3 years ago

    I’ve been using Librewolf on Fedora, Bromite and Vanadium on mobile, and DDG for search but not super happy with that one and am looking for a replacement myself. Might use startpage, idk.

  • Peter Kotrčka@sopuli.xyz
    1·
    3 years ago

    Firefox (with a few “privacy” plugins) on my desktop, Privacy Browser and Firefox on my phone. As for search engines: Qwant, Metager, Mojeek.

  • victoryonion@lemmy.ml
    1·
    3 years ago

    Bounced around alot but I’ve found FF with ublock, then recently started self hosting searx. Searx is alright but I still prefer DDG from time to time.

  • rhymepurple@lemmy.ml
    0·
    3 years ago

    I don’t see Whoogle posted. If you really need/want to use Google search for whatever reason, Whoogle is a great alternative. I’m not sure why it’s not more heavily discussed on places like PrivacyGuides, PrivacyTools, etc.

    • substantial_kek@lemmy.ml
      1·
      3 years ago

      Cool thing about Whoogle is that you can deploy it in one click on free service like Heroku. That’s a big plus compared to other self hosting solutions like SearX where you need extensive technical knowledge to deploy.