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Is there a complete list of search engines and web browsers online? (lemmus.org)
submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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Current search engine: Microsoft Bing because I current use Edge on my Windows computers.

Otherwise, on Linux I use DuckDuckGo on Mozilla Firefox though Edge is on Linux as well.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (3 children)

I do wonder why anyone would use Edge on Linux. I even wonder why anyone would even use Edge. Btw DDG uses Bing so you use the same search engine.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago

I’ve been running Linux on all my computers for literally decades. But I’ve just started an online course and the college requires Edge — not Chromium, must be Edge. Yes, I’ve changed useragent, only Edge will work. Grrrr.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Btw DDG uses Bing so you use the same search engine.

... But DDG has additional privacy features, etc.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago

DDG have made their core product bad.

They skipped through the genuinely useful and appreciated straight to garbage features and privacy concerns waaaay quicker than firefox.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I am not so sure about that. DDG has been caught tracking before. I wouldn't trust them. They are also getting into AI bs.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

They are also getting into AI bs.

None of their AI features compromise on user privacy and all can be disabled in settings.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Yeah who cares. They got caught tracking and that is still a fact.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

Could you provide a source for this claim? Not doubting you but I haven’t seen it.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 months ago

Because corporate IT requires chrome or edge, and edge is the lesser of the two evils for now