13 votes

The search engine Hacker News has been asking for

7 comments

  1. JackA
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    This article didn't really do anything to sell me on this. Why should I switch to this over duckduckgo?

    This article didn't really do anything to sell me on this. Why should I switch to this over duckduckgo?

    11 votes
  2. JakeTheDog
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    How does this compare to StartPage?

    How does this compare to StartPage?

    5 votes
  3. post_below
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    Looks like a DDG type aggregator except instead of primarily reprinting Bing results, they appear to use mostly Google results (from the test searches I did). Google without the tracking and ads I...

    Looks like a DDG type aggregator except instead of primarily reprinting Bing results, they appear to use mostly Google results (from the test searches I did).

    Google without the tracking and ads I guess.

    4 votes
  4. [3]
    rish
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    Their privacy check feature is weird. For example when I check for instagram it ticks all parameters. And then it says No ad tracking companies found on this website. For Facebook.com there's 1...

    Their privacy check feature is weird. For example when I check for instagram it ticks all parameters. And then it says No ad tracking companies found on this website. For Facebook.com there's 1 third party tracker from Alphabet.

    3 votes
    1. lionirdeadman
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      This is a known 'bug' with The Markup's Blacklight. The thing is it does not find first-party tracking, only third-party.

      This is a known 'bug' with The Markup's Blacklight. The thing is it does not find first-party tracking, only third-party.

      3 votes
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      1. rish
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        Search results have a privacy check button. Just after the url of results.

        Search results have a privacy check button. Just after the url of results.

        1 vote
  5. thundergolfer
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    From a handful of queries the results seemed good to me. I don't like the results colour scheme though. The shades of grey in the results it too low contrast for my eyes.

    From a handful of queries the results seemed good to me. I don't like the results colour scheme though. The shades of grey in the results it too low contrast for my eyes.

    3 votes