I keep hearing about Kagi, maybe I should try it sometime.
DDG has been quite serviceable to me, however. If I can’t find something I can just add a quick !g to my already existing query and look it up on Google instead, which I’ve found rather convenient.
As if Google’s results haven’t been getting worse
I think the bigger issue is them potentially losing their Google income.
They’ve failed to diversify their income with a bunch of failed subscription services, Google is in hot waters because of anti-competitive behaviour; they’re going to need something.
Which isn’t to say I like it. But “this is happening because they take Google money” is parroted beneath every slightly negative thing Mozilla does.
It makes, say, Amazon links not a three-page bookwork
Nokia doesn’t make smartphones either, they licensed their brand name to HMD Global.
(In case you might find that curious)
shows who they are.
A corporation. And when corporations have to make a choice, profit will always come first.
How is that ironic?
You didn’t purchase a “HowToGeek” licence, I imagine. Nor was one included with your PC.
Just because you wouldn’t, means people shouldn’t be able to? Like, at all? Do with the device they bought as they wish?
what makes phones different in that regard?
Corporate greed
Is that built-in, or do you have to configure it yourself? Configuring one is fine, but DDG has quite a few I semi-frequently use (!i, !g, !gi, !yt, !w, !gt), even Google itself feels like a downgrade when I want to search an image and I manually have to click the ‘images’ tab after performing my query.
I agree, which is why I’ve been happy to continue using DDG.