Qwant and Ecosia debut Staan, a European search index that aims to take on Big Tech | TechCrunch
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European search engines Qwant and Ecosia said on Wednesday that they have both started serving search queries through an index they developed together, Staan, that aims to be a cheaper, more privacy-focused alternative to Google and Bing.
  • Flamekebab@piefed.socialEnglish
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    5 days ago

    Hey if they’re actually useful then that’s fine! The useful stuff hasn’t really been what the AI bros have been pushing in recent years.

    • lime!@feddit.nuEnglish
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      5 days ago

      no, that’s fair. we usually don’t see the useful stuff because it doesn’t need hype and just shows up as a data point.

        • lime!@feddit.nuEnglish
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          5 days ago

          as long as we’re not in a knife fighting kinda community, or i manage to make the mistake of criticising north korea again… then yeah