So, #Bing is down, and everyone just (re-)discovered that their own alternate, artisanal search tool is just Bing under the hood.
Here is a page where someone ( Seirdy ) has collected a bunch of search services that use their own indices (not just Google, Bing or Yandex reskinned).
I'm already using a few, but several are new to me.
https://seirdy.one/posts/2021/03/10/search-engines-with-own-indexes/
Welcome to the Brave New Post-Google Internet!
Eric the Cerise /
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