Takes a couple of days to set it up but the results are amazing. We also have setup the Geo coding and reverse Geo coding with nominatim. A million requests per day costs us peanuts as opposed to Google , which anyway suspended us due to international credit card verification issues.
On a related note, Firefox on Linux came with duckduckgo as default and I am so impressed with it's search results. Unfortunately their API does not return the same quality of results
> On a related note, Firefox on Linux came with duckduckgo as default and I am so impressed with it's search results.
I gave DDG a new chance a few months ago, first just on my phone as a pilot. It was good enough that I switched on all my devices.
Huge difference from a few years ago!
I'd be interested in hearing what issues you've had with adding a card on Google's platform. There is a chance you could diagnose it yourself by trying to add it, then contacting your bank and asking why the authorization was declined.
(I'm a software engineer on Google's payments platform)
I'm sorry you've had problems adding your card. If there is a systematic problem with some bank, I can sometimes do something about it (but no guarantees). I've added my work email to my HN profile, incase you want to reach out to me.
On a related note, Firefox on Linux came with duckduckgo as default and I am so impressed with it's search results. Unfortunately their API does not return the same quality of results