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Bing Search and Bing Custom Search APIs will be retired on 11th August 2025.(learn.microsoft.com)

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This is a very low-information announcement here but if this is taken to the extreme, it means that DuckDuckGo, Qwant, and many other so-called “alternative” search engines are going to either have to look for a new provider of results, or die.

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toastmeister@lemmy.ca
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You think Microsoft gives you privacy?

They make billions on targeted ad revenue.

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No, I use duckduckgo which is powered by Bing’s API. Hence why I said other privacy-focused search engine.

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