yeah, it's reasonably good, only struggles with more niche searches - when I search for seemingly unrelated topics it often falls back to showing ~5 generic links for one of the topics, then ~5 generic links for the other, but if I search for the same with Google &udm=14, it finds the specific niche overlap I was looking for
SearxNG is a free and open-source metasearch engine that provides agggregated search results, available under AGPL-3.0, with the aim of protecting its users privacy.
Or you can open google with &udm=14 — it automatically switch to "web" version, which doesn't have ads, recommended, ai overview and other features. It just searches what you typed (weird concept for search engine)
I disabled the Google app to get rid of the annoying android ai powered "circle to search". Now when I accidentally hold the home button, it says "To use Circle to Search, first enable the Google app".
I been trying my darndest to survive google changes to android a 158 days from now (https://keepandroidopen.org/) I run eOs (https://e.foundation/e-os/) on my phone now. Hope it will help, but I dunno if its gonna be enough.
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OldSageRick@lemmy.zip · 42 pts · 17d
https://duckduckgo.com/
Free, does not take your data, you can turn the ai thing on and off
Zwiebel@feddit.org · 45 pts · 17d
And even https://noai.duckduckgo.com/
mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works · 7 pts · 17d
Doesn't have it off by default, and not all browsers let you set a custom search engine to direct to the "No AI" version
I still use DDG since it's the least bad, but it's still hypocritical for a "private" search engine to default to an AI
dreamy@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 3 pts · 17d
If you don't clear your cookies on these other browsers, tap the settings icon of search assist placed on the top right corner, and select Never.
Artisian@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 16d
(Though I've recently been told that it uses Bing's index, so real searches may struggle.)
synapse1278@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 16d
It's pretty good nowadays.
kazerniel@piefed.zip · 4 pts · 7d
yeah, it's reasonably good, only struggles with more niche searches - when I search for seemingly unrelated topics it often falls back to showing ~5 generic links for one of the topics, then ~5 generic links for the other, but if I search for the same with Google &udm=14, it finds the specific niche overlap I was looking for
recursive_recursion@piefed.ca · 20 pts · 17d
Would recommend trying SearXNG
Paraphrased from Wikipedia:
entropicdrift@lemmy.sdf.org · 1 pts · 7d
Time is not a flat circle, but an endless spiral. We've come back around to Dogpile
not_IO@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 15 pts · 17d
u block optional list under "annoyances"
bazzett@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 17d
You can add a custom filter too:
DeLancre@piefed.social · 3 pts · 17d
Or you can open google with &udm=14 — it automatically switch to "web" version, which doesn't have ads, recommended, ai overview and other features. It just searches what you typed (weird concept for search engine)
not_IO@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 2 pts · 16d
whoa i didn't know that one
aeronmelon@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 17d
joyjoy@piefed.social · 9 pts · 17d
I disabled the Google app to get rid of the annoying android ai powered "circle to search". Now when I accidentally hold the home button, it says "To use Circle to Search, first enable the Google app".
Why can't I rebind that in stock android?
Zwiebel@feddit.org · 6 pts · 17d
Because you don't have stock android, you have googles modified android
joyjoy@piefed.social · 2 pts · 16d
Samsung, but sure.
Zwiebel@feddit.org · 1 pts · 6d
That is samsungs modified version of googles modiefied version of stock android (aosp)
beyoublahaj@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 17d
Was that last thing not in settings>apps>default apps>digital assistant apps ?
joyjoy@piefed.social · 3 pts · 17d
That's for holding down the side button
beyoublahaj@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 17d
Has stock android really pivoted to the 'bixby button' behaviour? That sucks 😭
brb@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 16d
Switch to LineageOS
aeiou@piefed.social · 7 pts · 17d
Behold, an ancient relic from an earlier age of the interwebs: http://blackle.com/
Originally intended to cut power usage in the days of CRT monitors, it continues to deliver old-style google results for reasons unknown
Though Google is probably still tracking you through it.
Malyca@lemmy.zip · 6 pts · 17d
We all need to stop giving them money, that means data. We gotta get everyone we know to stop too.
Jankatarch@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 16d
Just deleted youtube after a weekend of internet outage cured my addiction. (It will come back probably)
vapeloki@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 7d
https://docs.searxng.org/
MiRRoRMaN@ani.social · 4 pts · 16d
I been trying my darndest to survive google changes to android a 158 days from now (https://keepandroidopen.org/) I run eOs (https://e.foundation/e-os/) on my phone now. Hope it will help, but I dunno if its gonna be enough.
Wildmimic@anarchist.nexus · 2 pts · 17d
https://metager.org/ does the trick
MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip · 1 pts · 16d
Click on "Web" (or add
&udm=14to the URL), save as new search engine / bookmark.Cris_Citrus@piefed.zip · 1 pts · 17d
Is google still provides the best results and meets your needs best there are extensions that remove the ai overview :)
SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 17d
https://tedium.co/2024/05/17/google-web-search-make-default/