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I used them nearly exclusively and recommended them to all my friends. Once they started censoring content for political reasons (Ukraine), that ended instantly.
I've always been a bit suspicious that despite having seemingly no way of making revenue they manage to plaster every corner of the internet with their paid ads. Like, aren't they supposed to be a damn nonprofit or something? Makes absolutely no sense.
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> censoring content for political reasons (Ukraine) what type of content did they censor? Do you have a link with more info?
Here's one: https://mashable.com/article/duckduckgo-search-engine-russia...
Are they supposed to just let governments astroturf their way to the top with propaganda?
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I used them nearly exclusively and recommended them to all my friends. Once they started censoring content for political reasons (Ukraine), that ended instantly.
I've always been a bit suspicious that despite having seemingly no way of making revenue they manage to plaster every corner of the internet with their paid ads. Like, aren't they supposed to be a damn nonprofit or something? Makes absolutely no sense.
DDG makes revenue from serving ads and participating in affiliates networks.
https://help.duckduckgo.com/duckduckgo-help-pages/company/ad...
Question: does anyone actually know what DDG does with user data? Like they market themselves as a "privacy respecting" search engine, but how much of this is truth? I'd imagine there's good money in convincing people they have privacy because then they'll provide more interesting data. Has the company ever been audited? Why should they be trusted to not compromise user privacy? Imo at least Google is honest: you kno…
I use DDG not for any concern over privacy, but because the developer tools and results are so nice. !bangs are also excellent and a huge timesaver `! mdn window.postMessage` .. so easy!
Question: does anyone actually know what DDG does with user data? Like they market themselves as a "privacy respecting" search engine, but how much of this is truth? I'd imagine there's good money in convincing people they have privacy because then they'll provide more interesting data. Has the company ever been audited? Why should they be trusted to not compromise user privacy? Imo at least Google is honest: you kno…
Question: does anyone actually know what DDG does with user data? Like they market themselves as a "privacy respecting" search engine, but how much of this is truth? I'd imagine there's good money in convincing people they have privacy because then they'll provide more interesting data. Has the company ever been audited? Why should they be trusted to not compromise user privacy? Imo at least Google is honest: you kno…
If Duck really collects user data, the moment this is found out, they’re dead, so for that reason alone, they probably don’t do it. The alternative is that they’re betting everything on nobody ever finding out which sounds crazy.
I had forgotten about YTS until the recent BREIN (.nl) announcement, and I hadn't heard of Fmovies until today.
Circumvention of these measures is so easy that I feel like it's making a haves/have-nots division on the Internet. Those of us with two or more clues are barely inconvenienced, and everyone else is blocked hard.
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Here's one: https://mashable.com/article/duckduckgo-search-engine-russia...
People complain about search engines like Google being full of garbage and fake info. DDG takes actions against that and people cry that it’s not fair. Are they supposed to just let governments astroturf their way to the top with propaganda?
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Here's one: https://mashable.com/article/duckduckgo-search-engine-russia...
People complain about search engines like Google being full of garbage and fake info. DDG takes actions against that and people cry that it’s not fair. Are they supposed to just let governments astroturf their way to the top with propaganda?