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honest question because I don’t know: chatgpt hallucinated this?

Both DuckDuckGo and Startpage are focused on preserving user privacy, but they take different approaches to achieve this. Here’s a breakdown to help you decide which might better suit your needs:

DuckDuckGo

• Key Features:

• Does not track or store your search history.

• Blocks third-party trackers on websites you visit if you use their browser or browser extension.

• Does not create user profiles, so you see the same search results as anyone else.

• Built on its own search engine index with some results sourced from partners like Bing.

• Advantages:

• Offers a privacy-focused ecosystem, including a browser app for mobile and desktop with tracker blocking.

• No reliance on Google or other major search engines for results, reducing indirect tracking risks.

• Simple, user-friendly interface.

• Limitations:

• Search results may not be as comprehensive or nuanced as Google’s, especially for niche queries.

• The results are partially sourced from Bing, which may limit diversity in indexing.

Startpage

• Key Features:

• Acts as a private front-end to Google Search, delivering Google’s search results without passing on your IP address or search queries to Google.

• Does not log search history or track users.

• Offers a “View Anonymously” feature, allowing you to browse linked sites through a proxy for additional privacy.

• Advantages:

• Provides access to Google’s search results, often considered the most comprehensive and accurate.

• Anonymizes your search activity entirely before interacting with Google.

• Strong focus on European GDPR compliance.

• Limitations:

• Relies on Google’s ecosystem, which might concern users who want to avoid any connection to Google.

• Proxy browsing can slow down page load times.

Which is Better?

• Choose DuckDuckGo if:

• You want an independent search engine that avoids Google entirely.

• You appreciate additional features like tracker blocking and a privacy-focused browser.

• You value a simple approach to privacy without intermediaries.

• Choose Startpage if:

• You want the most comprehensive search results (thanks to Google’s search index) while remaining anonymous.

• You like the option to browse linked pages anonymously via a proxy.

• You prefer European privacy compliance as a priority.

Both are strong contenders for privacy-conscious users, so the choice ultimately depends on your preference for independent search (DuckDuckGo) versus anonymized Google search results (Startpage).

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It is a good example of how expectations will be a challenge for integrating tiktok refugees into nostr nostr:note13f06w3fq299xevktx97ztq5mm5p2z6aqppevhqadtvz788hchnzq829xym

There are. Different expectations are going to be a challenge if nostr is going to become a home to them. Nostr is another language entirely I think.

would be a public service announcement at this point

autodesk needs this treatment

🙂‍↔️no live televising services in my household, no idea how to watch the nfl anymore other than the occasional game at a bar, live sports life in shambles lol

ahh that’s actually different than when I started, and now I have an account paid in sats with npub and remote signer (so no personal data collected).

all you need to do is load video onto internet anywhere and link it in your client

depends on your client, if not you can use https://nostr.build/ and post the link which clients will render as video

my buddy told me about the end of the game at breakfast and I was so glad I didn’t set my alarm