Many “alternative” search engines are better for privacy, but they are still vulnerable to censorship, because they rely on g**gle and m*crosoft’s indices for their search results. This isn’t a deep-hidden secret either, many of them disclose what search index they use on the “about” page, for example:

There are still search engines that (claim to) maintain their own index. Most surprisingly, br*ve:

  • @SoupBrick
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    410 months ago

    I was more of thinking privacy. If it is causing issues, I can remove the comment.

    • @stockRot@lemmy.world
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      510 months ago

      OP: a lot of people talk about privacy at the expense of censorship

      You: let’s talk about privacy and completely ignore censorship

      Truly incredible discussion, here