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[Resolved] Is anybody else having issues with DuckDuckGo and StartPage?

screenshot of searching "test" in start page that doesn't return any results

EDIT: looks like they're back.

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yes, everyone on earth.

Bing API is down, which has killed some things.
- I thought Startpage used Google, not Bing?
  
  This definitely makes me confused. I thought their whole thing was that they were a proxy for google results??
  
  Yeah, me too
Microsoft’s Bing API services (the source of DuckDuckGo’s search data) went down at approx 3am ET and has not yet returned to service. Bing, DuckDuckGo, CoPilot, ChatGPT and more are unable to use the Bing services so in turn are also not working or not working fully.
- Ecosia was affected too. It's Bing with trees.
  
  Thought it was google with trees
- CoPilot, ChatGPT and more are unable to use the Bing services so in turn are also not working or not working fully.
  
  That's sad, since one would logically expect any AI to get better if it loses access to Bing search results.
- huh, I thought ddg had its own indexer?
  
  Only for the instant answers. The regular results are all bing
This is the moment in Scooby-Doo where the gang unmasks the person they've just caught and underneath is just the Microsoft Bing logo
Somebody really Binged it up.
- Bingus
  
  Bingus Duckus
Time to ditch duckduckBing
- Why? Because it is down or because you just noticed that is is basicly just a Bing-Proxy?
  
  Probably because it's down. I for one am surprised they have no failover for when Bing goes down.
  
  It’s my backup search engine. I use Brave and Searx as the main search engines.
  
  Nah, just switched to searx for a day, and came back once DDG was up again.
It's back now.
I noticed it starting months ago with Startpage, and yesterday with DuckDuckGo. Always fall back to Searx. And since I know the former two are just Google/Bing proxies, I NEVER search anything on them that may be questionable or shady or can be judgemental in the future.
Yes I had. DuckDuckGo was crippled as Bing was down today.
startpage was fine for me
- It seemed to be out last night for me. Came up with no results for some really basic searches
I was wondering why Ecosia didn't give me any search results yesterday. Well, now I know.
Ahhhh my self hosted SearXNG is inmune HA!
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Its a known issue
Yes. It even interrupted a flashing procedure of a device of mine and almost bricked it
- How does a search engine being offline interrupt a device flashing?
  
  Its quite embarrassing you've asked this, tbh. Obviously you've never run
  
  dd if=$(while :; do curl bing.com/q=$RANDOM; done) of=/dev/sda1
  
  and I think that's sad.
  
  Idk why it happened. Maybe the program uses that API to find new firmware versions. It was stuck at the beginning of the procedure
- Wait what?
  
  The flashing app detected the device. The next step was downloading firmware and it was stuck on it for minutes (usually it takes a second or two). I almost ended up rebooting the device (which could absolutely brick it) but fortunately it found the firmware. Then I tested DDG to see if it was up. I don't really remember if it was but I think it was working for a few seconds
why don't they just build their own indexer and AI crawler... Brave is newer yet surpassed both of them
- yes, this is why I love Brave search! the only privacy search engine with their own indexer.
  
  shill harder somewhere else

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