Post AE02UUEAoSTPWM3l0y by pumpkin@fosstodon.org
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 (DIR) Post #AE02UUEAoSTPWM3l0y by pumpkin@fosstodon.org
       2021-12-02T16:54:24Z
       
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       Startpage: good or bad? Opinions?
       
 (DIR) Post #AE02X4hSBGxpDUzOro by mike@fosstodon.org
       2021-12-02T17:00:25Z
       
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       @pumpkin I've heard good things? No personal experience. I use DDG :duckduckgo: myself.
       
 (DIR) Post #AE05vRRpYVOCa4zaq0 by PublicNuisance@fosstodon.org
       2021-12-02T17:38:34Z
       
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       @pumpkin Better than Google, worse than SearX.
       
 (DIR) Post #AE08Fsi66WJ0pkTWxU by iooioio@fosstodon.org
       2021-12-02T18:04:40Z
       
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       @pumpkin I get far better search results with #startpage than #ddg. But yeah... their ownership is troubling.
       
 (DIR) Post #AE0AsMZvhdZCNg8Fqi by murtezayesil@fosstodon.org
       2021-12-02T18:34:02Z
       
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       Many people lost faith in startpage.com since another company (I believe an advert company) started investing in it.Lack of information about new owner is worrying many people, myself included.0. Alternative (focus)1. DuckDuckGo (privacy)2. SearX (search multiple engines, self host)3. Qwant (privacy)4. Ecosia (reforestation funding)If you want to try SearX, you can find public instances here: https://searx.space/https://www.ghacks.net/2019/11/16/startpage-search-owner-changes-raise-serious-questions/@pumpkin
       
 (DIR) Post #AE0DU3YT524qIDY8tE by MFXNator@fosstodon.org
       2021-12-02T19:03:14Z
       
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       @murtezayesil @pumpkin Something to note about Ecosia tho, is that they only receive money if you click in the ads they show, so if you use ad-blocker or don't interact with ads, using Ecosia is sadly useles
       
 (DIR) Post #AE0UuR2G6L27rleFOa by like50bears@shitposter.club
       2021-12-02T22:18:32.118499Z
       
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       @pumpkin They got bought by a SPAC :(
       
 (DIR) Post #AGzMfJnARVdXcqPyq0 by Casinoslcohol@fosstodon.org
       2022-03-02T02:47:43Z
       
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       @iooioio can you elaborate on this? Are you talking about startpages ownership or ddg?
       
 (DIR) Post #AH0sgGypm2YOsyKliy by iooioio@fosstodon.org
       2022-03-02T20:21:04Z
       
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       @Casinoslcohol Huh. Looks like the original context of this toot has been lost (or I messed up trying to reply in the first place).I was referring to startpage's ownership. It's based in the Netherlands, which is good, but there's some fishy stuff going on, regarding their ownership.There's more info here:https://www.ghacks.net/2019/11/16/startpage-search-owner-changes-raise-serious-questions/The gist of it being that an advertising company now owns a stake in startpage.com but all involved parties are being evasive about details.