Qwant search engine

I've been using Qwant.com as my main search engine -- I can't remember why, but I think I've read some good stuff about it back then.

Today it started keeping me out unless I turn off the ad blocker. Looking at uBlock it appears that 21 hits are blocked; looking at the log reveals suspicious-looking tracker-like scripts.

I don't like being pushed around like that, so I will probably stop using it. Do you know anything about this? What search engine do you use?

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Jan 25 · 4 months ago · 👍 coderwx, karel

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🐐 satch · Jan 25 at 21:55:

I use paulgo.io, which is a pretty reliable Searx instance. I also occasionally use duckduckgo or (only in a pinch) google in a private window of my browser.

— paulgo.io SearXNG

🤖 gamma · Jan 26 at 01:45:

Ecosia and Metager are decent options for mainstream content. Wiby and Marginalia for "small web" and offbeat content.

🐻 moddedBear [mod] · Jan 26 at 04:35:

I've been using Kagi for several months and I've yet to find myself falling back to a different search engine for better results. I wasn't able to say that about DDG or Brave when I used them.

😺 gemalaya · Jan 26 at 15:57:

SearX

😺 Nono · Jan 27 at 12:40:

I use Preseach... Decent results and decentralized, but I believe that the concept of searching the web is dead... No matter the search engine, it has all been made "safe" and insipid...

🐦 aves · Jan 27 at 19:40:

I moved completely to SearXNG and can't find anything better anymore

🍄 hazelnutflavoredcoffee · Jan 31 at 23:23:

yeah seconding Searxng - been using the fuzzysearch instance myself.