Unpopular opinion : Bing is a better search engine than Google when it comes to piracy
Google is way to compliant to DMCA request resulting in bad result. Bing doesnt seems to care and will happily link to live and replay of sport event (the main reason I use it personnaly) even as a first result.
PS : If you're french dont forget to change your DNS or any quality site will not load
So far the only comments have been 'everyone knows this already', but I did not, so thank you for posting it
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After seeing this comic for the first time years ago I always try to keep it in mind when someone tells me they are just learning about something. We all learn similar things for the first time only at different parts of our lives and being able to be a part of helping someone learn something new is a great feeling.
I got to show my niece and nephew the diet coke and mentos thing. It has become a core memory for the 3 of us and was one of my top 10 funnest days of my life. Sharing knowledge is fun.
Just because something is old knowledge doesn't mean it's common knowledge!
People get so weird about that. Yeah I knew, but before I knew, I didn't.
Knowing about something before others (and bragging about it) gives people a feeling of self-satisfaction.
Right! I didn't know about it. It makes me wonder about which other things I don't know because people don't share it thinking it's common knowledge.
didnt know this either
So duckduckgo which is primarily bing would be best for piracy privacy?
I can highly recommend Brave search, they have their own index and don't "comply" with the DMCA because it's not actually required for a search engine but sadly also not forbidden. I love it every time piratebay.org shows up when it obviously should and not some scummy fake sites!
I second the recommendation. I know a lot of people don't like the browser (although I find that a lot of that dislike comes somewhat misleading rumors or stories) but the search engine really doesn't have anything to do with the browser except that it's by the same company. I often switch between it and Duck Duck Go, and I don't use Brave browser.
Just my 2c on the browser, I tend to prefer setups that I do or make as part of a guide so that I feel more in control and more aware of what's running on my PC, so I much prefer taking the time to install LibreWolf and then add a dozen extensions to it.
However, Brave is still a browser I recommend to the casual who wants more privacy for how convenient it is. And I do daily drive it on iOS too for the built in adblocking, which (to my knowledge) can't be done on the iOS build of Firefox.
Pro tip: if you do insist on using Google scroll to the bottom until you see a notice like the one below.
You can then click on the complaint to see the URLs that were removed.
They’ve wisened up a bit and now require a (throwaway) email to access the links, but chances are that if you’re looking for something more obscure, the link you seek is still there.
Have never tough about it, thanks !
Pretty sure it's intentional.
where (at least piracy forums) is this an unpopular opinion?
Google nowadays works if you wanna search something from the Wikipedia or like the same 20 websites. For anything else, good luck going through all the SEO autogenerated garbage.
Searx is the best because its uses multiple search engines at the same time
Idk man. Bing Dorking isn't as good as Google's. They have similar operators but Google usually has better results.
Google is just better at censorship.
I use searx because it aggregates over multiple search engines. You can find searx nodes here: https://searx.space/
Apparently porn as well.
Google is getting passed by in many ways. Chrome feels like a second rate browser now.
It has always being, the sad thing is how Firefox is following along
I'm no Microsoft fan boy, but I think Bing is better than Google at most things. The only thing I use google for now a days is a spell checker.
bing is great with results if you know the right keywords to use!
I use duckduckgo atm which I think gets some of its results from bing. I only ever go to Google to see the quick summaries without clicking to any page when you type "what's the weather" or "10 GBP to USD" and stuff like that
Can't say that's really an unpopular opinion. Bing had it's advantage over Google, that's for sure.
Or you can use duckduckgo that uses bings search index while protecting your privacy
I've been using DDG exclusively for years now and every now and then I feel it doesn't give me what I seek and I try Google and it doesn't find shit either.
People always say that Google results are still superior but I believe that's only the case as long as you're in the bubble they create based on your profile and you're looking for your interests and like-minded opinions.
Google search was amazing for a while in the mid 2010s but they're losing the SEO arms race now
I found that Google is head and shoulders above DDG when it comes for my work searches. Technical stuff - like code errors, Oracle syntax, technical references, etc. I used DDG for a couple of months and had to switch back to Google because I literally wasn't finding the results that I knew existed.
I think people say Google results are superior due to inertia. Google was really good at some point, many years ago. These days it's laughably bad.
And it’s far less cluttered. I use it because it gives me the same or better results than Google and it’s UI is waaay cleaner and reflects my dark style preference without having to reload it even once.
DuckDuckGo has been harming people's privacy for years now. Ironically in part because it allows Microsoft's ad network through due to their partnership. Luckily there are many other alternatives out there.
Unpopular opinion: chocolate tastes good
Woah, friend. This is unpopular opinion, not crazy opinion. You need to calibrate or leave. Friend.
Alternatives to Google, to YouTube, Reddit, Twitter, Facebook, Messenger, alternatives to Chromium/Chrome browsers - these are important things to be aware of.
SearXNG has search handled for me - scraping Bing and Google amongst others (and often I see Google results are low down on my list).
That's not an unpopular opinion. It's a known fact for years.
Clearly, I shouln't have posted this as an "Unpopular opinion" but rather as a PSA or general advice, my bad. Just something i thought as something people should know. Also I'm sure there is better search engine out there so please share away !
Neutral opinion: any opinion can be popular or unpopular if posed to the right (or wrong) audience
I use Brave and occasionally Crowdview for questions... any reason why I should find a Searx instance instead?
Ecosia feels the best to me
I pretty much exclusively use Google to search for reddit posts on niche stuff. I stick with google because DDG or any alternatives I tried don't have the Date of the searched reddit posts on the results.
I'd use Bing but all the links are purple and I can't fix it after googling fixes x.x
perplexity.ai works well for reddit searches
Ah yes, Lemmy mirrors Reddit well. It even replicates those times when it looks like your comment didn't go through so you hit submit a couple more times and your comment comes through 3 times.
SearX go brrr There's even a tab for ′files′ which is all just torrents
Wouldn't the apps you use track anyway? For example would it be pointless to use searX on an app like chrome, firefox or duck?
I believe the idea is that searx strips out tracking/data from the queries sent and recieved from engines.
There's some info here
As for the browser tracking you, yes. It doesn't matter what search engine you use on a browser like Chrome it can still track you.
Why would you use Bing over DDG? Honest question
Bing Chat is great, and at work we use M365, so I can easily search for work content through Bing too.
Bing Rewards are also a nice bonus.
Why talk to Bing Chat when Greg from down the hall could use a chat instead. he is lonely
I've been using Bing chat allot. I got the extension that lets me use it on Firefox. It's insanely useful, and I feel like it's getting better with time as it learns. I still use DuckDuckGo for search though, although I've been using search less and less as Bing chat gets better.
It's good. The privacy implications, not so good.
Nice to see someone talking about this. I actually have been using bing for the last year because of this exact reason. Also when using a VPN, bing never gives me a captcha.
I think they care about DMCAs, for example my Lemmy instance for some reason is completely blocked on bing on behalf of some unspecified copyright troll
It's just most copyright trolls only care about Google and won't even bother sending the DMCA to bing
Been using the Duckduckgo app for awhile now. Works fantastic, F google
Duckduckgo largely based it's classic results on Bing.
So I guess this is an agree to OP?
I've been using duckduckgo for many years. So I wouldn't know how it compares to Google results.
Yup, honestly haven't seen much difference at all when I switched a few years ago. But thanks to this post I learned about SearX. Gonna give that try now. Curious though if using a browser like Chrome for example, would make it a pointless? That's what drew me to duck since they have their own app.
You can compare how it does by using bangs using google in ddg:
I just only know I have been using duckduckgo for years and for me is enough
Yandex is even better.
Yandex is the best when it comes to pirate searches, hands down
All pray for the soul of RARGB, all praise the all mighty RUTOR.
It's been a bit since the death of RARBG. What is the next best site?