This is a very low-information announcement here but if this is taken to the extreme, it means that DuckDuckGo, Qwant, and many other so-called “alternative” search engines are going to either have to look for a new provider of results, or die.

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        10 months ago

        I did not know this. I find duckduckgo to be more useful than Google most times now. It’s crazy how bad Google has become.

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        10 months ago

        brave search, ecosia and qwant are all in various stages of having their own index

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          10 months ago

          Brave bought their index. The other two did a PR announcement that they are gonna build one, you seen much else? Point very much still stands.

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      10 months ago

      You don’t? It is by far the best search engine for porn in existence, especially Bing Video.

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        10 months ago

        This is true. Omg. I forgot! I haven’t searched for porn in so long! I just to live shows now.