I'm willing to stop using Google as my default search engine, and I would like to know what the HN community thinks about alternatives.<p>I'm currently hesitating between Qwant & DuckDuckGo, but feel free to advise another search engine if you like it better.<p>Thanks people ! :)
DDG.<p>I've never heard about Qwant and did a little research about it by typing "!hn qwant" using DDG.<p>Needless to say, the criticism leveled by HN community against Qwant is what exactly makes me thank DDG [news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15631473].<p>The functionality of DDG coupled with some add-ons like like VimFx on Firefox gave me no reason to take a look back. Previous to these, I used to have accrued guilt at my browser looking at me impatiently and now, I am the one irritated at my browser's execution. I don't blame her. Its the processor speed, after all. :)<p>If you want near google like results, use "!s <query>" for it to redirect to Startpage, which is another privacy aiming Search site.<p>Or, if you are adamant on using Qwant, you have DDG getting as meta as it can get by using "!qwt <query>" or if you want a detailed list of Qwant's functionality and its specialized searches, hit up "!bang Qwant" and read on!
DDG: Due to privacy concerns and bang functionality. !a <term> searches amazon, !yt for youtube, !w wikipedia, etc etc. If DDG's results are not satisfactory, you can easily type !g to do an encrypted google search. I see no real downside other than DDG being a bit slower than google sometimes.
I am not sure which is best. But searx also looks interesting.<p><a href="https://www.searx.me" rel="nofollow">https://www.searx.me</a>