• carl_dungeon@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    I used to love Google, the company, the search, the tech. But god damn if in the last 5 years it hasn’t become the most insane ad delivery tool in existence. Sometimes when I Google something it’s multiple full pages of ads before I actually see what I’m looking for. I switched to duckduckgo.

      • Possibly linux@lemmy.zip
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        1 year ago

        I don’t think that’s a good idea in terms of privacy and reliability. You need an account to use it

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      1 year ago

      DDG is essentially Bing though. The results aren’t the greatest. If Bing decides to ban a site, it’s banned on DDG.

      • AProfessional@lemmy.world
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        1 year ago

        Seems like a Brave-esqe crypto platform:

        In addition to offering users a great search experience, Presearch is dedicated to creating significant value for marketers who would like to reach Presearch users. Advertisers can stake their PRE to a keyword, and whichever advertiser stakes the most tokens will have its ads displayed when a user searches on the term selected. Advertisers confer the most external value on PRE, so their success is very important to the ecosystem.