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by JakeKalstad 2099 days ago
I've been using start page for the past few years as a default, but find myself typing in google.com->tab to search a lot of my day. The difference between pasting in a random golang compiler error into startpage vs google trained me to google all of my software issues. The biggest non-technical hurdle at this point is google maps. The ability to type in an address and get a map with directions and nearby businesses has been pounded into my brain and when I use DDG or startpage with an address I generally end up sighing and pasting it into google.
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I use StartPage too and maps and currency conversation are the two things that make me open up Google
I use xe.com for currency conversion - short url, easy to use and is not google.

But there is no way around maps for me - at least for driving - for outdoor stuff I generally use Locus Map on my phone