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Chris Dixon
@cdixon.eth
I switched to Bing a few weeks ago and I’d say it’s significantly better than Google. Same quality results (I cross check them occasionally) and far fewer ads.
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@ghostlinkz.eth
Is there a particular feature or capability that you think is currently missing from Google + Bing which would significantly improve your search experience? I also think it’s ridiculous how many ads Google prioritizes above the results I’m actually looking for. https://dkb.io/post/google-search-is-dying
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@mk
I’ve been using DDG for a couple of years. I like it better.
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Adrienne
@adrienne
Search mostly seems commoditized but I have been wildly impressed with the entire Microsoft 365 tech stack from a usability perspective. It all just works. And there’s no hidden advertising agenda. I’m the customer and the user.
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Kiran Pathakota
@kpats
I thought I was the only one! Bing is great. Bing maps actually has this feature where it saves every search as a separate layer on the map. Very useful when planning trips!
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0xHelena
@0xhelena.eth
Have you tried Brave search? It's my new fav + the goggles feature is great for web3 research https://brave.com/search-anniversary/
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Devin Elliot
@notdevin.eth
What do you search for that you can’t get better info from gpt3?
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@weboftrust
Have you compared those result with DDG ?
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jkrantz
@6457
Reminds me of a story my friend (engineer) who interviewed at Microsoft told me. During the technical challenge, they told him he could use any and all resource to solve the problem. So, he said he would Google it. They gave him a look, and said, "We use Bing here." He didn't get the job 😂
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Leonidas.og
@leonidas
A lot of people don't know this, but you can go into AdBlock settings and turn off "Allow some non-intrusive advertising" to get rid of search ads on Google.
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@alphonse86
Checkout Startpage: https://www.startpage.com/ it’s a Google search without tracking. And then yes, Brave Search is a combination of Google and bing, so is DuckDuckGo.
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Adam Baybutt
@baybutt
I use DuckDuckGo quite a bit, which uses Bing on back end? I’ve found it’s not as good as Google.
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@ckurdziel.eth
Have been using DuckDuckGo for about two years now and not missed Google Most of their products are now sufficiently mediocre enough that it’s possible to ditch them except for the multiplayer apps (Docs, Sheets, etc)
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Yash Karthik
@yashkarthik
been using ddg for a couple of years now. don't miss google.
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@felix
is bing better than google from a privacy perspective? been using ddg for a few years but definitely fallback to google fairly frequently.
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@ishika
Brave I feel is equally great!
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tldr (tim reilly)
@tldr
Interesting. Google’s got such a hold on me, having me fully integrated in their ecosystem (chrome across devices; gmail; gdocs; authenticator) Search has become just like an afterthought value-add compared to the marginal value of all those combined.
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Kavir
@kavir
Might switch to DDG. Google is largely unusable now
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Prashanth
@prashanth
I used to use bing a lot past year. Even edge is very good browser ( non-developer activities)
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