#*search engine not web browser

[reinanova]

false. duckduckgo is an independently owned company (x)

duckduckgo can be used in web browsers like chrome, firefox, and edge bcuz duckduckgo is a search engine that offers browser extensions for the different web browsers (x)

web browser = the application on your computer that allows you to access the internet (ie chrome, firefox, edge, safari, etc)

search engine = the thing that compiles websites based on your search and returns the links in a list (ie google, bing, duckduckgo, yahoo, etc)

(x)

the search engine google (not google the company) is the default search engine on most web browsers, including firefox. you have to manually go into settings and switch your default search engine by adding an extension.

so even if you use firefox instead of chrome, google can still access your data if you’re using google to search the web

duckduckgo was literally designed to be an alternative to google and it is part of their mission statement to NOT track their users data. duckduckgo protects your privacy. google doesn’t. (x)

Let’s see how Google’s AI is getting on!

[ace-detectiv3]

Hello Tumblr please help me my wallpaper thingy suddenly disappeared and I don't know how/ where to get it back ): I miss that sunset sea/ beach wallpaper but now it's just this. Blank grey . all the sudden,,

[nimbergarden]

FTU vanity browser & search engine userboxes by me.

[keylimegreendog20]

I finally switched to @firefox-official as my default browser!! Just installed lots of great extensions (most of which I found from this post) and I’m so excited about it!

I’ve put this off for months because it felt like a difficult task, but Google’s stupid AI answers from every search has been the final straw for me and now that I finally spent the six minutes it took to switch to Firefox and then another few minutes to install some good extensions I can’t believe I didn’t do this sooner.

For everyone else who has been putting this off like I did, this is your sign to go forth and make the switch!!

[extensionsurfer]

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[drgairyuki]

*taking a deep breath and sigh* Finally fixed most of the problems that occur to me over my transfer of operating systems to Ubuntu to Linux Mint.

Such as using Ventoy instead of using Etcher thanks to this question of the same problem I was having.

Or using the firefox profile manager to fix it after a linux mint update manage to fuck it up.

It was so worth it. I mean, it was so troublesome and a hassle to fix, but so worth it. ...But this is one of the personal reason perhaps the only personal reason I have for my gripe about Linux Mint: it should have come pre-install, which would have made everything so much more smoother.

Oh well. Probably in the future it will become a pre-install option for new computers.

[sir-ramic]

You can also use tor/onion browser but like. Be careful because you can also access the dark web with tor and dark web users can access you if you don't have the proper protection on dark web sites.

[thunderlina]

In the wake of the TikTok ban and revival as a mouthpiece for fascist propaganda, as well as the downfall of Twitter and Facebook/Facebook-owned platforms to the same evils, I think now is a better time than ever to say LEARN HTML!!! FREE YOURSELVES FROM THE SHACKLES OF MAJOR SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS AND EMBRACE THE INDIE WEB!!!

You can host a website on Neocities for free as long as it's under 1GB (which is a LOT more than it sounds like let me tell you) but if that's not enough you can get 50GB of space (and a variety of other perks) for only $5 a month.

And if you can't/don't want to pay for the extra space, sites like File Garden and Catbox let you host files for free that you can easily link into NeoCities pages (I do this to host videos on mine!) (It also lets you share files NeoCities wouldn't let you upload for free anyways, this is how I upload the .zip files for my 3DS themes on my site.)

Don't know how to write HTML/CSS? No problem. W3schools is an invaluable resource with free lessons on HTML, CSS, JavaScript, PHP, and a whole slew of other programming languages, both for web development and otherwise.

Want a more traditional social media experience? SpaceHey is a platform that mimics the experience of 2000s MySpace

Struggling to find independent web pages that cater to your interests via major search engines? I've got you covered. Marginalia and Wiby are search engines that specifically prioritize non-commercial content. Marginalia also has filters that let you search for more specific categories of website, like wikis, blogs, academia, forums, and vintage sites.

Maybe you wanna log off the modern internet landscape altogether and step back into the pre-social media web altogether, well, Protoweb lets you do just that. It's a proxy service for older browsers (or really just any browser that supports HTTP, but that's mostly old browsers now anyways) that lets you visit restored snapshots of vintage websites.

Protoweb has a lot of Geocities content archived, but if you're interested in that you can find even more old Geocities sites over on the Geocities Gallery

And really this is just general tip-of-the-iceberg stuff. If you dig a little deeper you can find loads more interesting stuff out there. The internet doesn't have to be a miserable place full of nothing but doomposting and targeted ads. The first step to making it less miserable is for YOU, yes YOU, to quit spending all your time on it looking at the handful of miserable websites big tech wants you to spend all your time on.

[wrensucksratbrains]

Please god give advice.

Okay so I'm currently going through the process of making my laptop all cool (and boosting my ego a bit) and I've switched from chrome to firefox but I'm still using google as the search engine. If anybody has any recommendations for search engines please LORD tell me.

[depressionbaby18]

Notes on... browsers and evil serpents 5

So it seems that Google is bad, evil, persay.

Internet afficionatos recommend "DuckDuckGo" that's also a private company from the land of Google and Jasper Newton Daniel (happy juice persay)... maybe something further?

There's SwissCows, SearX and Startpage that are some interesting options but I'm conflicted as all of them have ups and downs. At least Startpage looks the most like Google and gives simmilar results but it has anoying captchas, honestly? I don't know, maybe I'll choose to use some other new thing that looks good. Also, there's something going on with Chromium and it's browsers ads so maybe it's time to give that long postponed Firefox experience a try, thank you.

[procrastiel]

Ok, now that you wiped away your tears of laughter, here’s how you can change your web browser and search engine:

- download one of the browsers that put privacy and security first. Here’s a great list. Examples include: Brave, Mozilla Firefox, and for more advanced users: Tor, Ungoogled

- use a VPN. There’s free and paid options.

- change your default search engine to something other than Google. Your online traffic matters. Which websites you load matters. Think of your time and clicks as online currency. Ecosia is a great Bing/Microsoft based search engine that also plants trees with every search! And it gives great results. Another one is DuckDuckGo. Here’s a list of alternative search engines.

Hot tip: the operating systems also collect data whenever you use an online keyboard (and suggested text). Don’t want them to know what you’re typing? You can download a free privacy keyboard for Android (haven’t found one for iOS yet but Apple says the data is stored on device only. Let’s hope so🤞).

Another idea for advanced users: operating systems (such as macOS and Windows) still collect tons of data about you, and cost money if you want to install them on a 2nd hand device, for example. You can use operating systems that are completely free, open-source and user-friendly, such as Ubuntu.

Now go and roam the internet, be free, and donate to open-source programs if you can 😘

[nimbergarden]

FTU browser & search engine vanity userboxes by me

[ballsalsda]

Is there like a way to make qwant english or am i stuck with french

[totally-bing]

it has come to my attention attacking the web browser that is currently a lot of people's new favorite is maybe not a good idea. instead I will now be telling Google to go fuck itself.