Re: There he goes again

On 7/15/24 1:19 AM, rbowman wrote:

On Sun, 14 Jul 2024 16:30:25 -0700, Bobbie Sellers wrote:
 

I too resist Google, the great big advertising
agency and always search with DDG.  It is a choice on Firefox. SeaMonkey
and Mercury browsers.

 I use Brave and generally go with the Brave search.
 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brave_Search
 I do use DDG if I have Firefox open but have noticed DDG tends to be a
wrapper on Bing.
 https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-13451223/Microsoft-outage-
Bing-DuckDuckGo-ChatGPT-thousands-users.html
 DDG does have other sources it indexes.

   While it would be great to completely avoid
   Goog and M$, this just isn't practical. Those
   engines are now so HUGE and quick that even
   DDG is going to use them by proxy. The only
   good bit is that DDG disguises YOUR identity
   so Goog cannot easily monitor/target your stuff.
   Future worry - Goog and M$ don't necessarily HAVE
   to let DDG and related use them for searches. One
   greedy itch and it's Goog or NOTHING worth a damn.
   It is very difficult to create even a tiny spot
   in the world where money doesn't rule - Ok, maybe
   China, but there the STATE rules and spies on your
   every keystroke with bad intent ........
   Aww ... I see AltaVista now takes you to Yahoo  :-(