I’m still trying to de-Google my life, little by little. I don’t trust Bing for similar reasons. DDG is feeling shady of late. What’s the search engine you all recommend that I can inject into my daily life? Is there perhaps a search engine that is focused on code, or have we just all moved on to AI for searching?

Edit: I meant to also express my frustration that most browsers do not let you select a “default search engine” that can be used in the address bar aside from 3-5 pre-chosen engines. Seems like 2023 we should be able to customize that to our own liking.

Edit 2: Thanks for the recommendation of Kagi. I’m going to roll with it for a while. I see they have an extension for Safari that allows them to hijack the address bar, which is just what I needed.

  • vermyndax@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
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    6 months ago

    The complaint here is the “address bar” search. I’ve found that most browsers will allow you to use other search engines, but you have to prefix the search with a letter or abbreviation. I’m finding that a lot of browsers will restrict your raw address bar search to their chosen search engines.

    • quirzle@kbin.social
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      6 months ago

      I’m aware of the complaint, and stand by my comment.

      Which browsers don’t let you change the default search? Firefox does. Chromium-based browsers do. I believe that alone covers “most browsers,” though I’m curious if any actually don’t allow that to be changed.