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Re: Twitter CEO Endorses DuckDuckGo

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Post by vishnu_ks »

rndgermandude wrote: post #131
chance_state wrote: post #115

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Twitter makes less than $3B/year on ads. Google makes $135B+. Are they really competitors?

Yes, they are. Both have ads as their primary revenue stream. It does not matter if they are unequal in size, they still compete in the same space.

DuckDuckGo also makes money through ads.

Re: Twitter CEO Endorses DuckDuckGo

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Post by on_and_off »

pferde wrote: post #179
on_and_off wrote: post #177

I felt that it was time to try to switch to DDG, so I just went to the duckduckgo website, and it proposes to "add it to chrome". It leads to a chrome extension page asking me to give complete read access to what pages I visit to the DDG extension. Naive question : how can I know what DDG will do with that data ? (And yes I realize that this question applies to any search engine or extension)

You made a slight logical leap there - how do you know the extension will even send any of your data to DDG for them to do something with?

the extension asks for the permission to access all that data.

Re: Twitter CEO Endorses DuckDuckGo

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Post by on_and_off »

pvarangot wrote: post #178
on_and_off wrote: post #177

I felt that it was time to try to switch to DDG, so I just went to the duckduckgo website, and it proposes to "add it to chrome". It leads to a chrome extension page asking me to give complete read access to what pages I visit to the DDG extension. Naive question : how can I know what DDG will do with that data ? (And yes I realize that this question applies to any search engine or extension)

Google already knows the pages you visit, worst case if you give them to DDG you are making the playing field even.

Well the worst case is exactly what I would like to avoid. Otherwise, what's the point ?

Re: Twitter CEO Endorses DuckDuckGo

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Post by SmellyGeekBoy »

echelon wrote: post #175
distances wrote: post #172

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Have you tried using some third-party app for Reddit? "Reddit is fun" works pretty great for me, no nonsense and good usability.

That may be, but how long do you expect them to allow 3rd party apps? Once they can get 3rd party usage below a certain threshold of engagement, they'll block the API.

"Reddit Is Fun" is great and has been around for years, the unfounded belief that they may block access one day isn't really a valid reason to not use it.

Re: Twitter CEO Endorses DuckDuckGo

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Post by SmellyGeekBoy »

distances wrote: post #171
pkamb wrote: post #137

I switched my iPhone to Duck Duck Go over the last few days simply because I hate hate HATE getting linked to Reddit AMP pages from Google. Reddit (and Stack Exchange) pages are what I use most to find honest discussions about some topic. Very convenient to use those results to filter through the blogspam. Reddit's AMP pages are especially bad, with multiple annoying pop-ups that don't get cookied when you dismiss th…

Another advantage of DDG: the result links are straight to the destination, unlike with Google where there's a tracking redirection in between. This is great on Android, as I can open the link straight in an app (like Wikipedia) without going to the page first and then launching the app.

I'd also noticed this behaviour but never really thought about why. I've been using DDG full time for a couple of years now and I've been very happy with it.

Re: Twitter CEO Endorses DuckDuckGo

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Post by Leace »

pkamb wrote: post #137

I switched my iPhone to Duck Duck Go over the last few days simply because I hate hate HATE getting linked to Reddit AMP pages from Google. Reddit (and Stack Exchange) pages are what I use most to find honest discussions about some topic. Very convenient to use those results to filter through the blogspam. Reddit's AMP pages are especially bad, with multiple annoying pop-ups that don't get cookied when you dismiss th…

> I switched my iPhone to Duck Duck Go over the last few days simply because I hate hate HATE getting linked to Reddit AMP pages from Google.

Funny thing because I also switched to DuckDuckGo to avoid AMP on mobile and stayed on DDG for years (!g is still needed sometimes unfortunately).

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