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Search engines down? (discuss.tchncs.de)

submitted 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Is it just me or are many independent search engines down? Duckduckgo, my go to engine, qwant, ecosia, startpage... All down? The only hint I got was on the qwant page...

Edit: it all seems to be related to bing being down. I hope the independent engines will find a way to get really independent...

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

I hope Apple will finally allow custom search engines because the current workaround when wanting to use Kagi as default in iOS Safari is a shitty user experience (and I'm not blaming Kagi for that)

[–] [email protected] 25 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Lol wow. It is 2024 and apple still doesn't give you basic browser v1.0 functionality

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I have never used iOS but I'd guess that makes browsing on it a little less convenient than on a terminal with curl.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

You're implying that the first browser was curl? I don't think people called that a browser. And even if they did, they obviously weren't using it like we do now.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Obviously not the first but might win a "most basic browser currently maintained" competition if it qualifies (not if HTML rendering is a criterion).

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago

I mean, it's an http client, I'll give you that, but I don't see how it could be considered a "browser" since all it handles is the server interaction