Do you use DuckDuckGo?

[MercuryLS]

I switched recently on all of my devices and I'm really liking it. Got tired of Google retargrting me all over the web and after looking at their detailed profile on me, I think I'm going to transition away from their platforms over time.

I expected to miss Google immediately, but the transition was easy. DDG is great at returning relevant searches and even has a great dark mode. You can default to it in safari on iphone and macs too.

Have any of you used it? What did you think of it?

 

[shnurgleton]

No. I have fully prostrated myself to the post privacy world

 

[The Albatross]

I've used it. But I don't use it.

 

[CanUKlehead]

I use it. Took getting used to (I was comparing results with Google) but it's all good.

 

[Mihos]

I use it on new installs on Raspberry Pi, until I get around to changing the defaults.

 

[DiipuSurotu]

Fuck fuck no

 

[Deleted member 18347]

Compared results and it's not even close.

Google is untouchable at this point.

 

[Feichaw]

Sometimes. Google is better though.

 

[TheBeardedOne]

I don't even know what it is. So no.

 

[DiipuSurotu]

I don't even know what it is. So no.

Click to shrink...

Just google it

 

[MotherFan]

I switched recently on all of my devices and I'm really liking it. Got tired of Google retargrting me all over the web and after looking at their detailed profile on me, I think I'm going to transition away from their platforms over time.

I expected to miss Google immediately, but the transition was easy. DDG is great at returning relevant searches and even has a great dark mode. You can default to it in safari on iphone and macs too.

Have any of you used it? What did you think of it?

Click to shrink...

How did you look at the profile google makes?

 

[Walter White Walker]

I tried to use it recently for a month but Google gives me a lot more relevant results. Yes I know that's because they're tracking me like where I live but still.

 

[Poetaster]

I do cuz I love to bang.

https://duckduckgo.com/bang

 

[Lashley]

No

 

[chandoog]

Every now and then.

 

[heavy liquid]

Yep, on both computer and phone.

 

[skeptem]

Been using it for well over a year. My only complaint is when searching for addresses or a business it does not always populate a map function.

 

[Deleted member 9330]

I use it on all my devices by default. If it doesn't find what I need I add a quick "!g" in front of the search and it punts me to an encrypted google search.

I love it.

 

[PsionBolt]

I use it in specific instances where I don't want Google to misinterpret my intentions and tune my future results in a bad direction. (For example, if I need to look up something or someone right-wing-related to understand the context of a news story.) I'm not concerned about privacy, exactly; I just don't want Google showing me crap I hate in their ads or YouTube recommendations or whatever.

I have keywords set up for all my searches in the Firefox toolbar, so it's not really any extra effort. I always preface my search with a letter or three to get results from the site I think will work best: g for Google, ddg for DuckDuckGo, wp for Wikipedia, yt for YouTube, and so on. Typing the two extra Ds won't hurt me any.
EDIT: Apparently DuckDuckGo has similar functionality built in? That's kind of cool. I might use that if it works on mobile, since I don't think mobile Firefox supports keyword searches.

 

[SCUMMbag]

Traffic has been going way up.

https://duckduckgo.com/traffic

I've recently started getting lots of ads for it. Not sure what to make of them to be honest.

 

[Kthulhu]

I tried it and hated it. I don't think I can ever go back to anything less than Google.

 

[-shadow-]

I do want to use it, but I find it lacking in some obvious options. Especially mobile...

 

[Dingens]

Yeah, it gives me the results I want and the image search is so much better.
Not going back to google.

 

[Dougald]

Been using it as my primary search engine for years, it's great. Though sometimes google is a little better for those oddly specific searches

Plus their image search still has the "view file" button which is a nice little convenience, though if you bastards make it more popular I guess they'll eventually have to remove it too

 

[Deleted member 24907]

Tried using it a while and always found results to be sub-par.

 

[maximumzero]

I don't, but my parents asked me to get them off of all Google platforms so I switched them to DDG and switched Chrome out to Firefox for them as well.

 

[Milchmann]

DuckDuckGo and Startpage as backup.

 

[plain]

I use it on all my devices by default. If it doesn't find what I need I add a quick "!g" in front of the search and it punts me to an encrypted google search.

I love it.

Click to shrink...

Good to know. Thanks.

 

[ruggiex]

I use it regularly, still go back to Google sometimes because the results are much better.

 

[spindashing]

is bing still the GOAT for porn

 

[DiipuSurotu]

I use it in specific instances where I don't want Google to misinterpret my intentions and tune my future results in a bad direction. (For example, if I need to look up something or someone right-wing-related to understand the context of a news story.) I'm not concerned about privacy, exactly; I just don't want Google showing me crap I hate in their ads or YouTube recommendations or whatever.

Click to shrink...

I use incognito mode for this

 

[Yebele]

no i'm not a freak

 

[DiipuSurotu]

Plus their image search still has the "view file" button which is a nice little convenience, though if you bastards make it more popular I guess they'll eventually have to remove it too

Click to shrink...

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/view-image/

 

[refusi0n1]

I have trust issues with all technology these days. They all seem to say/promise one thing then "oh we've tracked all your shit even though we said we didn't sorry not sorry"

 

[blast0rama]

Yep.

 

[Yebele]

is bing still the GOAT for porn

Click to shrink...

absolutely. i'm pretty sure microsoft knows it too

 

[SquirrelSaysNuts]

Yes. I still use google through g! though.

 

[pronk]

I use it for everything, never had any problems with it. It gives different results to Google, but I wouldn't say its worse.

 

[MilkBeard]

I use it on all my devices by default. If it doesn't find what I need I add a quick "!g" in front of the search and it punts me to an encrypted google search.

I love it.

Click to shrink...

Oh that's cool.

 

[TarpitCarnivore]

Moved to it full time a year ago and have been slowly removing my need for !g when searching. Some situations require me to dig a bit more, but I'm realizing in this SEO world that even the top Google results aren't always the best anymore.

 

[Brandson]

I am in the process of transitioning away from Google Search and GMail for most activity. It's an adjustment for sure.

 

[Bluelote]

it has been my default search engine for years, but it's no google, so I often still have to add a !g to get better results...

 

[Nowise10]

no I have nothing to hide

 

[weekev]

I'm at a stage where I assume virtual me is a Russian bot posting Trump propaganda on 4chan so I continue to use Google.

 

[Eblo]

Yes, almost exclusively. I rarely have to dip into Google when I'm looking for a very specific arrangement of words that DuckDuckGo can't find.

I do cuz I love to bang.

https://duckduckgo.com/bang

Click to shrink...

These are a fantastic bonus as well. I use them extensively.

 

[platocplx]

Yes. For porn searches.

 

[JealousKenny]

Can you elaborate on your mention of a Google detailed profile? Where can I view this?

 

[Mortemis]

I use google for work, but for personal devices I use duck duck go. It's good enough for the light searching I do.

 

[Deleted member 19996]

Never heard of it before. From what I gather it's an alternative search engine

 

[LifeLine]

I did once. A long time ago. Ironically.