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Hi everyone, so I hear that a lot of are lost in choosing a good search engine apart from the popular ones, but I think I have the solution
The search engine I've been using on all my devices is named "Qwant" its French and of course European. Its private and fast, I've been using it and didn't had any issues with it.
So yes I am also new here on Lemmy and just wanted to be useful.
anyone know what their plans are exactly in terms of switching away from bing?
also altough I smile everytime im not using google or bing directly anymore while getting these amazing results with that nice qwant UI:
it's image search is my biggest complaint usecase wise. the results are small, non-scalable and theres no similar search upon focusing one result
They are working with Ecosia to build their own, shared search index, rather than be reliant on the corporate ones.
Thanks exactly what I was looking for. I wish they'd give more updates 😅
As I understand, it's no small task to build or maintain a working search index. There's a reason it's mostly been huge, corporate entities that take on the challenge, and why smaller search providers tend to rely on preexisting ones.
So I applaud Qwant and Ecosia on their initiative, but also understand that it may take a while before it bears fruit.