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So ddg is down, so I visit Google. It's been some years.

I just can't believe how poor it's results are, and how it's trying to suggest things it think I might also want (and failing miserably).

I just assumed ddg would be the lesser, but I use it for privacy. Turns out I'm wrong.

How long has Google been this bad?

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[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Do you ever have moments where you type something to search into the address bar and you just get taken to the instance home page? That happens to me every now and then and I'm wondering if it's the instance I'm using

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I have not experienced this, no. Unsure as to what that could be, but if another instance doesn't cause that issue that would be a good sign that it is the current instance you're on.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

I've switched back to searx.be and I haven't faced the issue yet. Must've been the instance then. Strange