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Correct.
Use udm14.org instead.
I prefer DuckDuckGo, but federated SearXNG exists too (but imo it's not as good as DDG)
All good choices, but udm14.org filters out ads too.
I'm surprised Google still let that feature available. Do you think there is any risk they'll kill it in the future?
It's all but guaranteed.
I don't get it. I entered a search term and I was just redirected to regular Google.
The difference is you're not getting ads or AI. It's basically google from 2010.
Seems great, thanks for sharing!
For context: https://tedium.co/2024/05/17/google-web-search-make-default/
I got redirected to regular Google. If that's only supposed to be a different landing page, I can just as well search from the address bar.
shrugs
Use something else then. Cheers.
Yeah, DuckDuckGo is the way to go.
Kindly do not portray DDG as an "alternative" because it is now trash as well.
2 years ago it was the alternative, today its a sidegrade at best
A simple redirector to regular Google is really not an alternative at all.
Did you notice that there was a different parameter in the udm14.org version? https://tedium.co/2024/05/17/google-web-search-make-default/
I noticed that my test search term was fully tracked by Google because it's still regular Google. Use https://startpage.com/ if you want de-shittified Google.
Thanks for sharing!
I mean, the biggest issue with me for the great googlio isn't the ads and the ai, both of which I hate, but the actual shit-infested results. It's not removing the ads full of SEO that are posing as websites, it's just giving you an old UI for the new 2025™ search.