Does #Microsoft's plan to cut off #Bing search APIs affect #DuckDuckGo and the other Bing reskins?

Microsoft has announced it is to retire access to its Bing Search APIs for must users on 11th August.

Comment from #DuckDuckGo, @brave @MetaGer and @Mojeek on Microsoft’s sudden move

https://www.computing.co.uk/news/2025/microsoft-s-plan-to-retire-bing-api-access-and-what-it-means-for-web-search

https://www.theverge.com/news/667517/microsoft-bing-search-api-end-of-support-ai-replacement

Microsoft will shut down access to its Bing Search APIs for most third-party developers on August 11th, decommissioning all existing instances. However, some major users like DuckDuckGo will continue to have access after the cutoff, according to Wired.

Interesting… The article states that #DuckDuckGo and others who use Bing search results will not be affected.

“Microsoft Cuts Off Access To Bing Search Data as It Shifts Focus To Chatbots”

#search #bing #microsoft

https://m.slashdot.org/story/442069

I’m slowly backing out of US supplied software. I’ve changed my browser to #Vivaldi (though I’m keeping #DuckDuckGo as my Search provider for now). I’m downloading my photo albums from #Google for local backup and thinking about alternative phone backup strategies. I’ve been playing with TeraBox but something feels off with it. Anyone had good experiences with another un-American cloud photo backup service?

Ich suche weiterhin eine alternative #Suchmaschine zu #Google, #Bing und #DuckDuckGo. Und ja, ich versuche es immer wieder mit #Qwant, aber wirklich überzeugt hat mich Qwant leider auch nicht.

Très intéressante vidéo de @lecrivainsf sur les moteurs de recherche alternatifs à #Google. Bien qu'aucun ne soit parfait, ils existent et les utiliser à la place de Google contribue à effriter au gré du temps l'hégémonie du géant américain. Gwên revient d'abord sur ce que sont les moteurs indépendants, les méta-moteurs et les moteurs hybrides. Puis elle décrit et donne son ressenti sur #Qwant, #DuckDuckGo, #StartPage, #SearX / #SearXNG, #YaCy, #Brave et #Mojeek. #GAFAM
https://peertube.iriseden.eu/w/cpTW1kHaJ56TibD2pjNvPe

Manchmal fühlt sich der Kampf für die (eigene) #informationelleSelbstbestimmung - den #Datenschutz - aussichtslos an,
ich möchte daher daran erinnern, dass auch kleine Schritte etwas bewirken können:
* Nutzt einen Ad- und Tracking-Blocker (#uBlockOrigin)
* Ändert die Standardsuchmaschine(auch wenn ihr diese nicht zu 100% nutzt) (#DuckDuckGo #Ecosia #Qwant #SwissCows)
* Wechselt den #Browser(#FireFox #Brave #LibreWolf)
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Also, I found out how to turn off DuckDuckGo AI features. It wasn't obvious:

First, do a search.

Then, under the search bar (where input your search string), on the right, click the settings wheel. Last item: AI Features.

You're welcome :-)
#duckduckgo #AI

Hey can any of the alternative search engines *exclude* gen AI content, content farms, stuff like that? Like #DuckDuckGo #Kagi etc?

In #firefox, open new tab, type 'translate' (without the ') into the address bar and click Return.
The top result is the #duckduckgo translate tool. (DDG is my default search).

In #firefoxdeveloperedition do the same. This time the DDG tool is the third result.

I have no idea why.

¿ya probaron la búsqueda que #waterfox acaba de sacar? Yo creo que sigo usando #DuckDuckGo por los comandos bang, pero consideraría seriamente moverme porque pusieron resumenes con IA.

I used to love and recommend DuckDuckGo,

But now I can't get rid of its AI feature from my privacy browsers,

And I must let DuckDuckGo Go