swisscows.com is deffinetly worth checking out, as they not only do have a search engine, but also mail services and a messenger aswell as a vpn. And their name is kinda funny.
It just sounds better (or at least funnier)
swisscows.com is deffinetly worth checking out, as they not only do have a search engine, but also mail services and a messenger aswell as a vpn. And their name is kinda funny.
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Parptarf@lemm.ee · 44 pts · 1y
I said «Lemme Qwant this real quick» a couple times as a joke and now people make fun of me.
That was a bad decision on my part
lazycog@feddit.uk · 16 pts · 1y
Ha! Look! It's the Qwantter! /s
Honestly "I'll qwant it" rolls off the tongue nicely compared to "let me duckduckgo it" or any other alternative.
andallthat@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 1y
duck it!
Kyouki@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 1y
Been trying Qwant but missing many of the duck features :(
lazycog@feddit.uk · 2 pts · 1y
Added bonus to saying that: everyone ducks their head suddenly
I like it!
madjo@feddit.nl · 5 pts · 1y
It's better than "let me startpage this real quick"
Parptarf@lemm.ee · 3 pts · 1y
«Let me DuckDuckGo til real quick»
Hell, this one:
«Let me BING this real quick»
lord_ryvan@ttrpg.network · 1 pts · 1y
Just Duck it!
I'm bummed they removed it from their logo's hover text.
biofaust@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 1y
Qwant (at least the way I would pronounce it, let's say in a French way) doesn't sound bad at all.
dumblederp@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 1y
I pronounce it like an Aussie, been enjoying the site and it's results. These quants are allright.
P1nkman@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y
I'm a Kagier myself, but I don't say "I'm gonna kagi this". The word "search" still works, people understand it.
Parptarf@lemm.ee · 1 pts · 1y
What’s a «Search»?
gingernate@sopuli.xyz · 1 pts · 1y
Steve ballmer made the same mistake
SchwertImStein@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 43 pts · 1y
No, no, always say "google" as "search on the web", so that they lose the trademark.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Generic_trademark
RejZoR@lemmy.ml · 15 pts · 1y
Let me Qwantatize the information
MicrowavedTea@infosec.pub · 11 pts · 1y
I'm confused, it says it's anonymous but doesn't let me search without an account?
cenariodantesco@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 1y
Tried to search a random topic: instant pop up asking to subscribe to pro....
Sunshine@lemmy.ca · 6 pts · 1y
Let me ecosia that real quick!
ctrl_alt_esc@lemmy.ml · 6 pts · 1y
They say they have their own index, but they also say they send every search request to bing..
dumnezero@piefed.social · 5 pts · 1y
I'd also point out Stract: https://stract.com/about
blackn1ght@feddit.uk · 2 pts · 1y
The languages dropdown on the search result has "US" listed as a language, but not English. Literally unusable.
clay_pidgin@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 1y
Ooh, and you can search the fediverse!
arch@feddit.nl · 4 pts · 1y
Swisscows has actually been around for long but I don’t think there have been much positive feedback…
ColdWater@lemmy.ca · 4 pts · 1y
Swisscow want me to buy the premium plan or sign in to use it (no close button to be found), I just use Qwant instead
rickyrigatoni@lemm.ee · 3 pts · 1y
let me click on random links until the hand of god takes me where i need to be real quick
CAVOK@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y
So it's another bing front-end. Like ecosia. Aren't there any european indexes?
napoleonsdumbcousin@feddit.org · 9 pts · 1y
Ecosia and Qwant are currently developing their own index in a joint venture.
https://www.eu-searchperspective.com/
marauding_gibberish142@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 3 pts · 1y
I really wish they would build YACY integration so self-hosters can participate
CAVOK@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y
Happy to hear that. Not usable yet?
napoleonsdumbcousin@feddit.org · 4 pts · 1y
Not yet. The project was announced in November 2024. First results are expected in summer 2025.
chuso@fedia.io · 3 pts · 1y
Mojeek is based in the UK and they use their own index: https://www.mojeek.com/about/why-mojeek
camilobotero@feddit.dk · 3 pts · 1y
There is another project from the UK, that seems pretty promising: https://mwmbl.org/ https://alpha.mwmbl.org/ (a much nicer UI)
MonkderVierte@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 1y
Swiss cow?
We have a saying here, "Das geht auf keine Kuhhaut", "that doesn't fit on any cow hide", meaning, too much crazies/bullshit to fit even on a cow hide, let alone a pergament (hide of small game).
Black616Angel@discuss.tchncs.de · 2 pts · 1y
You can DuckDuckGoFuckYourself!
CreatingMachines@fedia.io · 1 pts · 1y
Let me Brave that
shitreal quickswelter_spark@reddthat.com · 1 pts · 1y
I used to use Swisscows often. They usually give good results, moreso than other search sites. I only stopped using them because their site doesn't work without javascript, and I don't really use that anymore.
Mrkawfee@feddit.uk · 1 pts · 1y
Stupid question but how can I download apps like swisscows without having to go on Play Store? I have an android phone
thanksforallthefish@literature.cafe · 4 pts · 1y
In addition to fdroid (your other reply) you can uae aurora as an anonymous front end to play store.
You'll need to download it off fdroid or the git page
Bongles@lemm.ee · 1 pts · 1y
Thank you, I didn't know about aurora and I have a "work" profile on my phone to separate out a few apps using shelter, but i didn't want to sign into Google play for updates.
jmcs@discuss.tchncs.de · 3 pts · 1y
If you really need an entire app instead of just using your browser, there's https://f-droid.org/packages/de.tobiasbielefeld.searchbar/