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[–]738 5 insightful - 2 fun5 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 2 fun -  (6 children)

Don't use proprietary software/services, at least not from the Big 5.

Searx.me has instances all over. https://archive.fo/uB3eM

[–]HurkaDurka 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (5 children)

Who are the other ones besides Google, Yahoo, Bing? And thanks for the searx suggestion. I'm happy to switch for more privacy.

[–]738 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

The 5 biggest tech companies out of Silicon Valley. Google, Microsoft, Apple, Amazon, Facebook.

[–]HurkaDurka 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Ah, thanks for clarifying.

[–]Jesus 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Duckduckgo uses amazons AWS. Don't use it.

[–]HurkaDurka 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Damn it... I switched everything to duckduckgo a few months back too... Guess I'll be switching it all again. Thank you for the warning.

[–]magnora7 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Not to mention the results are basically identical to bing