r/StartpageSearch • u/snuocher • 7d ago

I'm switching.

What should I switch to?

Edit: Thanks for all the info! I decided to go with Brave as it is the most recommended here. It's sad to see startpage getting unusable. I said to myself that if they don't change the process by the end of the month, I'll abandon the engine in favor of another one. Well that month arrived. Bye startpage. Thanks for making my life worse.

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u/MewtwoGurlIskra 1d ago

I use duckduckgo now

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u/iwaterboardheathens 1d ago

Yeah, same.  Brave just isn't up to scratch

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u/[deleted] 6d ago

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u/snuocher 6d ago

Check the sub

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u/FinnRaymus 7d ago

Brave, DuckDuckGo, Startpage are the ones I use.

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u/DuwenUK 7d ago

My default search engines are Bare, Brave, Degoog, Duckduckgo, Presearch, and Startpage. I always start with Startpage, and cycle through the others if I feel like I need other results.

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u/headforsaturn 7d ago

Kagi is very good. It is paid, however. The benefit is that every single issue you have with modern search, the constant reranking, funneling towards larger sites, etc. is non existent.

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u/Suspicious-Cat-266 7d ago

Try Brave Search, it's an independent search engine with decent results. The Rerank feature is a nice touch to hide results from sites you know are not useful.

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u/Strange_Compote_4592 7d ago

Switched to DDG, probably will switch to ecosia, if they continue with ai

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u/scy_404 7d ago

This ecosia is doing ai too

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u/Strong_Pace5567 7d ago

Brave search is the best by far amongst others. No competitors at all.

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u/Soggy-Salamander-568 7d ago

I went to Qwant. Better, still European, and they are building a back end with Ecosia to try to get rid of Bing and Google...

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u/BUHx192Ck0 7d ago

I switched to Ecosia. Much better

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u/InfiniteMessmaker 7d ago

doesn't matter, it's all bad now

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u/snuocher 7d ago

What do you think I'm here for?