When #Bing and #duckduckgo is down, #kagi is still working. I’m an happy kagi paying user.
If only they didn’t try to divest themselves printing t-shirts, making a new MacOS browser or a completely-utterly stupid IA, they would be a really cool company.
But companies come and go, it is just a matter of not being dependent and jumping out of the wagon as soon as the enshitiffication becomes too strong.
#Bing (search) being down, and causing #DuckDuckGo to throw "There was an error displaying the search results. Please try again." is demonstrating that even if DDG say they also use other sources they're 100% dependent on Bing to actually have their search work.
So, are those 'other sources' only used to augment results ?
And just to add an extra rancid cherry on top this morning, #duckduckgo isn't working this morning. Site is accessible but search results don't work, I guess MS has been updating the Bing API or something and ruining that too.
Funktionieren #Startpage und #DuckDuckGo bei euch?
Ich hab da schon den ganzen Tag Probleme und Fehlermeldungen. Nur #Google funktioniert normal. Erst dachte ich, das liegt am Arbeits-PC (der hat nur Google-Chrome und allgemein nur Google-Gedöns), aber auf dem Handy mit Fennec zickt Startpage auch.
No AI and data privacy. Image search is a little rocky and it doesn't have maps, but I find it consistently better for straight web search results than DDG or Google.
Tyle z europejskości Qwanta, że usługa stała się nieużywalna, gdy tylko Bing przestał działać. DDG i Ecosia przynajmniej nie udają, że są tak niezależne.
W najlepszym razie funkcja składająca wyniki nie została napisana z założeniem, że Bing miałby być kiedykolwiek niedostępny, ale pozostaje pytanie, co naprawdę mają w swoim indeksie?
Pour les personnes qui sont perdues parce que #DuckDuckGo / #Bing / #Ecosia / #Qwant ne fonctionnent plus aujourd'hui, sachez qu'Alsace Réseau Neutre propose un meta-moteur de recherche qui se base aussi sur l'index Google. Il est donc toujours fonctionnel.
Cerise sur le gâteau, il vous remplace les liens youtube par des liens invidious :)
I woke up this morning and tried to #duckduckgo, turns out it was down. Then I tried to use #bing, turns it was also down. Turns out DuckDuckGo is using Bing under the hood. You live a you learn I guess.
Gah, had no idea that #DuckDuckGo was using #Bing as a backend. My strict "no-Microsoft" policy means that I've now got to find another search engine...
I've tried in multiple browsers, both with and without plugins enabled, yet DuckDuckGo is still failing to provide search results (here, at least) just responding;
There was an error displaying the search results. Please try again.
It's been this way for several hours. Anyone else seeing the same? I'm in the UK.
🧵 …die alternative Suchmaschinen, zu den oben erwähnten jetzige Panne bei Bing und deren abhängigen Internet Suchmaschinen, hatte ich schon länger mal getootet. Die zwei, die für mich (momentan) Alternativen sind, habe ich hier mal hingewiesen und verlinkt 🔎