For the past year or so, I’ve been using and enjoying the search engine Kagi.
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@inthehands Haven't seen it in replies, so here's a search engine I use: https://ecosia.org
They are based in Germany, use search results from Bing and Google and plant trees for your searches. There are ads, but I found them very unitrusive and you have an option to turn off Google's cookies. The search results are, in my experience, comparable to Google, but with less pushy "ad" results@mciesla @inthehands I've posted this so much this week I had to bookmark it lol https://www.eu-startups.com/2021/01/ecosia-and-brave-partner-to-offer-most-private-and-ethical-search-browser-combination/
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@mciesla @inthehands is there an option to turn off ads in Ecosia aside from an ad blocker?
I'm allergic to ads, and I was looking at Kagi specifically because they offer an ad-free paid product. I'm willing to pay for stuff, just not willing to give my eyes and my data.
@isVeryLoud @inthehands Unfortunately, no, at least as far as I'm aware. It's their source of income, which funds the tree planting projects.
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@mciesla @inthehands I've posted this so much this week I had to bookmark it lol https://www.eu-startups.com/2021/01/ecosia-and-brave-partner-to-offer-most-private-and-ethical-search-browser-combination/
@georges @inthehands I wouldn't touch Brave even with a long stick (re: past and current leadership controversies, plus Firefox caters to my use cases much better), but I'm glad Ecosia is getting some more recognition
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@isVeryLoud @inthehands Unfortunately, no, at least as far as I'm aware. It's their source of income, which funds the tree planting projects.
@mciesla @inthehands unfortunate. I'm sure they could plant many more native plants if they just took my money
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@mciesla @inthehands unfortunate. I'm sure they could plant many more native plants if they just took my money
@isVeryLoud @inthehands That is certainly true
I am not in a position to be paying for a search engine, so I haven't ever looked into it that much, but it never jumped out at me even while looking through their donations page -
@georges @inthehands I wouldn't touch Brave even with a long stick (re: past and current leadership controversies, plus Firefox caters to my use cases much better), but I'm glad Ecosia is getting some more recognition
@mciesla @inthehands agreed on the point of firefox, it took a few tries to stick but it's become my daily driver (outside of work, where I use ungoogled-chrome).
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@CptSuperlative
Thank you. I guess I can see the appeal and decreased resource usage compared to keeping all those open in separate windows
@inthehands@viq @CptSuperlative It's also less unwieldy than having a bunch of pinned tabs all in a row, especially if you only want to look at one set of pinned tabs while you're working and a different set when you're relaxing at home, and maybe another for your hobbies.
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@viq @CptSuperlative It's also less unwieldy than having a bunch of pinned tabs all in a row, especially if you only want to look at one set of pinned tabs while you're working and a different set when you're relaxing at home, and maybe another for your hobbies.
@trishalynn
Ah, for that I use multiple profiles
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@trishalynn
Ah, for that I use multiple profiles
@CptSuperlative@viq @CptSuperlative That's what I did in Chrome, too. Firefox can do that?
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@viq @CptSuperlative That's what I did in Chrome, too. Firefox can do that?
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@viq @CptSuperlative Ooh, thanks for the info. Now there's one less reason for me to miss Chrome. However it doesn't look like there's a one-button solution for either opening or switching between profiles the way there was with Chrome. Any suggestions a hack for that?
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@viq @CptSuperlative Ooh, thanks for the info. Now there's one less reason for me to miss Chrome. However it doesn't look like there's a one-button solution for either opening or switching between profiles the way there was with Chrome. Any suggestions a hack for that?
@trishalynn
I haven't really used Chrome, so you'll need to tell me how it works there.
The way I used to have it is to have a separate shortcut that starts a specific profile.
Now I use QubesOS, where basically each profile lives in a completely separate VM
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@trishalynn
I haven't really used Chrome, so you'll need to tell me how it works there.
The way I used to have it is to have a separate shortcut that starts a specific profile.
Now I use QubesOS, where basically each profile lives in a completely separate VM
@CptSuperlative@viq @CptSuperlative Oh, Qubes? Fugghedaboutit. My spouse complains about Qubes all the time.
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@viq @CptSuperlative Oh, Qubes? Fugghedaboutit. My spouse complains about Qubes all the time.
@trishalynn
It's not without quirks and drawbacks, but they are known and acceptable and less messing around with than when I was trying to achieve separation on a "normal" system. It's not for everyone, it's not for everything. But if I have a separate system for watching videos and gaming, then I very much like it for everyday use.
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@trishalynn
It's not without quirks and drawbacks, but they are known and acceptable and less messing around with than when I was trying to achieve separation on a "normal" system. It's not for everyone, it's not for everything. But if I have a separate system for watching videos and gaming, then I very much like it for everyday use.
@CptSuperlative@trishalynn
Though I bet there are less invasive ways to get multiple profiles easy to use
I just never felt the need to research them, because I have a waaaay overkill & over engineered method to do so
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@inthehands thank you for posting this. "give kagi a focused trial and consider a sub" was on my near term todo list, but this information changes things for me.
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@louis@emacs.ch @donaldball What •this• previously paying Kagi thought he was paying for was:
- decent search results
- without ads
- without privacy abuses
- without appeasing authoritarians
- without ignoring human impact
- and, in general, with greater concern for ethics than Google has shown of lateWhen they marketed themselves as “humanizing the web” — their term — that’s certainly the picture I got.
Not “search quality at any cost, nothing else matters.”
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@louis@emacs.ch @donaldball There is an entire thread above, which I encourage you to scroll up and read
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@inthehands Sorry, I don’t think such a company exists or can exist. Companies are not people. Companies are entities that do what they are legally permitted to do for the sole purpose of maximizing profit for shareholders and enduring to do it again and again. That is their obligation and it dominates over any other concern. It is a grave mistake to expect human virtue from a corporation. They will ignore ethical requirements not enshrined in law or market forces.
@meltedcheese @inthehands this. Companies ALWAYS go for just money. Now or eventually.
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@alexocado @mastodonmigration QFT: “our mere existence is often already political”
Yup yup. And that’s why “I just stay out of politics” sounds to me like “I just don’t look at the road when I’m driving.”
Sigh.
@inthehands
“I don’t look at the road when I’m driving”
That’s a great phrase.
