Tootfinder

I've been using @… now for a while.
It works quite well. Found everything I was looking for.
Didn't use Google in a while.
https://www.qwant.com/

Qwant
Fast, reliable answers and still in trust: Qwant does not store your search data, does not sell your personal data and is hosted in Europe.

#DIDit - aktueller Status:
https://di.day/category/rezepte/
✅ Von Google zu Ecosia und anderen Suchmaschinen
🟢 Seit Jahren schon Qwant und Startpage
🟡 Google Maps ist noch als eigene Suchmasch…

Ok, så hur kan vi bli mer digitalt oberoende av USA? Här några tankar:
Mail, kalender (mm): Proton
X/Bluesky: Mastodon
AI: Mistral
Office: LibreOffice
Signal/WhatsApp: Olvid, Threema.
Knepigare:
Webbläsare: Vivaldi. Men helst vill jag att Mozilla flyttar Firefox-utvecklingen till Europa.
Sökmotor: Qwant (tycker inte riktigt den håller måttet än)
OS: Linux (men håller det som alternativ till MacOS/Windows?)
Slack mm: Nextcloud Talk kanske (ha…

Not hiking today but trying out qwant.com as complete European search engine. I'm curious...

As mentioned yesterday, I think I changed now all startscreens and default searches to qwant.com
I used Bing for a long time (and it was ways better than I often heard) and changed to Ecosia last year. Which was also absolutely fine.
Now I try a (European) company that doesn't only focus on privacy but also builds on an own index (I know they still mix in bing and need bing for monetization). One step at a time...