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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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[–] • 8 pts

Totally not a monopoly though.

[–] • 3 pts

Who declares monopolies and are they independent from them?

[–] • 10 pts

The DoJ is responsible for anti-trust cases, but it's mostly just a bribery system, or a political tool. There are probably a dozen+ anti-trust cases in the courts, but magically all of our major monopolies aren't being targeted. Werid that Trump had four years and big tech and big media didn't get touched that entire time. They all attacked him, yet he did nothing to break up their obvious monopolies and constant mergers/acquisitions. Weird...

[–] • 3 pts

Werid that Trump had four years and big tech and big media didn't get touched that entire time.

It's only weird if you believe the CEO/face of Americorp has any more power than your average fortune 500/industry lobbyist.

[–] • 2 pts

What's weird is that anyone would claim it as weird when it's obvious whose side he's on. You could say that both sides were in on it: the mainstream to attack him and him to be attacked -- this creates the atmosphere that there actually are two sides.