Hi all, relative newcomer here.
I tend use Duckduckgo as my main browser (Firefox if there’s issues) as I do like the built in app tracker blocking (and the cookie management and email forwarding service!)
I was somewhat surprised just now to see that Connect (current Lemmy app) has been trying to allow tracking attempts by Google, Amazon and other such bellends.
Why is that? Surely we’re trying to leave all that shite behind?
Thanks!
DDG is still probably the best option. Their CEO gave a pretty extensive explanation of why this is happening and how it’s sort of unavoidable at the moment, though they’re trying to change how things work.
For something that “just works”, DDG is still probably the best. If you don’t mind some technical work something like Searx seems to be more private.
https://docs.searxng.org/own-instance.html#how-does-searxng-protect-privacy