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This is why DDG should include a "!g"-button at the bottom of their first results page. I'll switch to DDG as soon as they have it.
What is the "!g" about? Some sort of DDG command or hotkey?
Privacy-focused search engine DuckDuckGo grew by 46% in 2021
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Re: Privacy-focused search engine DuckDuckGo grew by 46% in 2021
#32Neeva is another option for privacy minded folks. Plus it is ad free, and Neeva is also much more than just a wrapper around Bing results. Disclaimer: I work on Neeva :)
I don't have that much of a problem with unobtrusive ads, but I do have a problem with data hoarding. How does Neeva tackle this?
Re: Privacy-focused search engine DuckDuckGo grew by 46% in 2021
#33I havent had the need for Google Search as much anymore. I find that the content is lower quality and truly useful information is hard to find. If I need a product review I use YouTube or Reddit search. I increasingly use Github search for code. I use Google Maps for restaurant or store location/hours, then go to the linked website from there. I use wiki search (Firefox prefix) to find quick information on a topic. I…
Sounds like you've moved from searching one big proprietary search, to several negligibly-smaller, closed-source, megacorp-owned, proprietary service's searches. Privacy must not be a goal here.
Oh yeah - it isn't really. Just describing that even if privacy isn't your goal, and you want the best search experience, Google Search isn't the only game in town anymore.
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The hunter Biden laptop was censored, Hillary Clinton campaign paying for the Steele dossier, as was multiple things regarding covid: wuhan lab leak, vaccine adverse events, etc I’m not 100% sure it’s google but yeah, it happens often.
Or those things are not true. They’re definitely not sources. Let’s try again.
It’s not up to a search engine to decide what is true or false. If they want to play this game, it’s censorship.
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Or those things are not true. They’re definitely not sources. Let’s try again.
It’s not up to a search engine to decide what is true or false. If they want to play this game, it’s censorship.
Is everyone trolling me? I’m simply asking for a reputable source stating that google is censoring their search results.
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> Google’s results are censored and politically biased Source?
The hunter Biden laptop was censored, Hillary Clinton campaign paying for the Steele dossier, as was multiple things regarding covid: wuhan lab leak, vaccine adverse events, etc I’m not 100% sure it’s google but yeah, it happens often.
Oh right they censored things that are close to flat out lies.
Re: Privacy-focused search engine DuckDuckGo grew by 46% in 2021
#37There is no privacy with DDG because it pulls content in, so the search results show the website icon so its possible to workout what you are searching for in general terms from the icons that get displayed.
when you consider how many websites exists, those general terms dont take much to work out, plus its mainly powered by Bing so Bing needs to know what you are searching in order to deliver the right results.
Really surprised people on here thought DDG was private though.
Re: Privacy-focused search engine DuckDuckGo grew by 46% in 2021
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Or those things are not true. They’re definitely not sources. Let’s try again.
It’s not up to a search engine to decide what is true or false. If they want to play this game, it’s censorship.
Surely you don't think that it's Google's responsibility to return any random bullshit that happens to be on the internet? I go there to figure something out. I don't care that some conspiracy theorists believe the earth is flat, if I search for "theory of gravity" I don't want any flat earth garbage.
Re: Privacy-focused search engine DuckDuckGo grew by 46% in 2021
#39For day to day searching i use duckduckgo by default on every device. Not a lot because of privacy, something about that company ticks me off in terms of privacy. I like duckduckgo’s interface and I feel they genuinely put a lot of effort to ensure people have a great experience using their search engine. Whether its their !bang feature or integration with apple maps or their various themes. (Heck even their no js, s…
> Not a lot because of privacy, something about that company ticks me off in terms of privacy.
Ditto, I just want something that isn't Google. That company has too many fingers in too many pies.
DuckDuckGo isn't more private. That is like when Google was serious about the Don't Be Evil slogan - there is nothing technically stopping them and sooner or later principles get worn down by reality (commercial, political or otherwise).
They are sincere today. Great, thanks. But there is nothing here to guarantee what they'll do in the future. I argue that people should use DuckDuckGo. But privacy combined with a public, ad-funded, search engine is just an unreasonable expectation. Anyone looking for that will be disappointed. But they are smaller and more focused - both of which are good if you want to be strategic about data leaking out.
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It’s not up to a search engine to decide what is true or false. If they want to play this game, it’s censorship.
Is everyone trolling me? I’m simply asking for a reputable source stating that google is censoring their search results.
Feel like “reputable” is loaded here lol
I’ve had it happen before in searches where I’ll see something and can’t find it on google, but can easily find it on DuckDuckGo.
Idk here’s something for you: https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2018/10/09/the-good-censor-le...
There are leaked slides showing the intent to censor. Not sure if this is “reputable” enough, but there is something.