Here is the reference.
Not saying Google isn’t spying on you, but with Yandex you get into Russian government territory.
Decide yourself who should get your information.
Largely true, though the full answer is a bit more nuanced.
I do. I use several search engines, but depending on the topic, Bing returns accurate results, especially since they integrated Bing Chat (their AI).
Google a) is littered with ads, sponsored and overly SEOified results and b) has too much dominance.
So I use Bing, Ecosia (which uses Bing) and a number of other search engines.
To add to this great advice: lemmyverse.net. Fantastic way to find your favourite - or totally new - communities.
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