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I've used Startpage, DuckDuckGo, Qwant, Gibiru, etc. - all of them are either shit or they just search Google/Bing on the backend and present you with the results for "privacy."

Why is it so nearly impossible for an independent company to put together their own search engine similar to Yahoo in the 90's? Hell, I would gladly take 1990's Yahoo technology today over the bells and whistles of propaganda Google and Bing today.

I just searched vaccine deaths on DuckDuckGo and it's nothing but "FACT CHECK" bullshit at the top. DuckDuckGo is absolute shit. What are the real alternatives? Are they all being murdered when they try to start up a search engine?

At this point Yandex seems to be the only search that isn't biased about US politics. But c'mon, we shouldn't have to use Kremlin search to be able to search the internet.

I've used Startpage, DuckDuckGo, Qwant, Gibiru, etc. - all of them are either shit or they just search Google/Bing on the backend and present you with the results for "privacy." Why is it so nearly impossible for an independent company to put together their own search engine similar to Yahoo in the 90's? Hell, I would gladly take 1990's Yahoo technology today over the bells and whistles of propaganda Google and Bing today. I just searched vaccine deaths on DuckDuckGo and it's nothing but "FACT CHECK" bullshit at the top. DuckDuckGo is absolute shit. What are the real alternatives? Are they all being murdered when they try to start up a search engine? At this point Yandex seems to be the only search that isn't biased about US politics. But c'mon, we shouldn't have to use Kremlin search to be able to search the internet.

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[–] [deleted] • 1 pt

it's moderately complicated to index web pages for searching. the main issue is the sheer amount of data you'll be dealing with. the resources are expensive, so it has to be funded somehow.

startpage was just bought by some advertising company. it's sus

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Check out SearX and I shit you not, Lycos.

[–] [deleted] • 0 pt

i use it sometimes. searx is an aggregator not a search engine on its own.

lycos has been around forever. do they censor or manipulate results?