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Always loved DuckDuckgo - kinda came across as a search engine that didn't seek to takeover the world, and only sought to fill a (necessary) niche. That seems more genuine than "don't be evil".
The underdog is always everyone's favorite until they somehow wind up on top.
Two turkeys do not make an eagle
Privacy Statements are the tech equivalent of calling food organic. You need a reputable third party to audit your practices. Or your software needs to be open source so anyone can see what you're doing. I'll be switching from using DDG because of this. I don't trust Yahoo, and I barely trust DDG.
And so it ends. The mere act of partnering with Yahoo indicates desperation and signals poor decision making. I'm not sure I understand HN's fascination with this site but this is not a good sign for those who claim to use it in these never-ending threads.
A lot of details can be found at https://duck.co/help/results/yahoo-technical-implementation
https://duck.co/help/results/sources also states that they partner with Yahoo!, and in some regions and scenarios, Yandex and Bing.
Sorry could not abstain Two turkeys do not make an eagle
Privacy Statements are the tech equivalent of calling food organic. You need a reputable third party to audit your practices. Or your software needs to be open source so anyone can see what you're doing. I'll be switching from using DDG because of this. I don't trust Yahoo, and I barely trust DDG.
Ironically, your name is organic_tech34. For the record, the term "organic" is regulated by the USDA.
Privacy Statements are the tech equivalent of calling food organic. You need a reputable third party to audit your practices. Or your software needs to be open source so anyone can see what you're doing. I'll be switching from using DDG because of this. I don't trust Yahoo, and I barely trust DDG.
For the record, this isn't really news . A lot of details can be found at https://duck.co/help/results/yahoo-technical-implementation https://duck.co/help/results/sources also states that they partner with Yahoo!, and in some regions and scenarios, Yandex and Bing.
Why do they use www.duck.co as their development url and www.duckduckgo.com as their search engine name?
The latter is just way too long to type. Especially for casual users who has google set at their main search engine. Compare URL lengths:
duckduckgo.com 14 (10+4)
google.com 10 (6+4)
yahoo.com 9 (5+4)
yandex.ru 9 (6+3)
bing.com 8 (4+4)
baidu.cn 8 (5+3)
I really want to like duckduckgo, but the name is really not well chosen. Even google (with a relatively long name) at least have two repeating characters.
Privacy Statements are the tech equivalent of calling food organic. You need a reputable third party to audit your practices. Or your software needs to be open source so anyone can see what you're doing. I'll be switching from using DDG because of this. I don't trust Yahoo, and I barely trust DDG.