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Re: DuckDuckGo Reaches 100M Daily Search Queries

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Post by Nextgrid »

pixxel wrote: post #96
f1refly wrote: post #83

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You might enjoy invidious. It's a frontend for youtube that cuts 99% of the bloat and show videos directly in your html5 player. It even supports subscriptions without a google account!

Is it still running ok. Didn’t the main instance shutdown or something? Sorry, I forget the specifics.

You can run your own instance; that’s what I do. Public instances tend to be overloaded or their external IP becomes temporarily banned by YouTube (since its traffic is obviously more than what a typical home would use).

Re: DuckDuckGo Reaches 100M Daily Search Queries

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Post by TobTobXX »

f1refly wrote: post #83
simias wrote: post #40

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I use DDG as well but I went further and told Firefox to use a dedicated container for google domains. I also did it because they made Youtube really annoying to use when you're not logged in, so I made a burner account but it's only active inside this container and they can't track me around the web (at least, not with that).

You might enjoy invidious. It's a frontend for youtube that cuts 99% of the bloat and show videos directly in your html5 player. It even supports subscriptions without a google account!

FWIW you can also subscribe to YouTube channels / Playlists (IIRC) via RSS feeds. I think they removed the official buttons, but the links still work and are easy to forge by hand.

Re: DuckDuckGo Reaches 100M Daily Search Queries

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Post by quesera »

dimator wrote: post #62
guilhermetk wrote: post #19

After a few failed attempts to migrate from Google as my default search engine due to poor results, a couple of months ago, I decided to give DDG another try. Been using daily since, I don't even remember what Google is. Not sure if the service did improve that much or what, but I'm glad I could move on. Youtube, you are next.

I must be in the minority here, but even after trying ddg exclusively, I find myself doing !g all the time, to the point where I just switched back. I do many technical searches throughout the day, and ddg falls short basically every time. Google is always closer to the mark with my search intent , with for example, deep links to stack overflow answers that ddg misses.

I've read so many people say this, but it does not match my experience at all.

I use DDG 100% of the time, and maybe retry on another search engine a couple times per month.

There's clearly some difference, but I don't know what it is:

- Search topic (my searches are mostly tech-related, but other family members are also happy on DDG)

- Query style (I may be a bit literal/keyword-inclined, but others are more conversational)

- Location?

Re: DuckDuckGo Reaches 100M Daily Search Queries

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Post by TobTobXX »

jraby3 wrote: post #118
guilhermetk wrote: post #19

After a few failed attempts to migrate from Google as my default search engine due to poor results, a couple of months ago, I decided to give DDG another try. Been using daily since, I don't even remember what Google is. Not sure if the service did improve that much or what, but I'm glad I could move on. Youtube, you are next.

I would love some ideas for how to get rid of YouTube. What do you have in mind?

As a first step you could try alternative frontends. On the web invidious¹, on Android I suggest NewPipe.

As a next step you could try out entirely different platforms. I personally find Peertube very appealing, because it federates with ActivityPub, which I already use and love. There's also LBRY, but I don't get how it works, so no opinion on that. It seems to have more well known publishers on it though.

¹ AFAIK they don't (may not?) have an official instance. But there is a public list here: https://github.com/iv-org/documentation/blob/master/Invidiou...

Re: DuckDuckGo Reaches 100M Daily Search Queries

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Post by DyslexicAtheist »

breiti wrote: post #116
sneeuwpopsneeuw wrote: post #113

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I have been using DDG for roughly 2 years now and I always search for things technical or non-technical there first. If it does not give any result or when I know it's very technical I simply add !g to the end (but you can add it anywhere) and it automatically searches the same thing in Google. Some examples of things I personally thing DDG could improve / is different then Google: - DDG gives the feeling they prefer…

> I have been using DDG for roughly 2 years now and I always search for things technical or non-technical there first. If it does not give any result or when I know it's very technical I simply add !g to the end I am the same, but i default to !sp (startpage.com) first. They claim: > You can’t beat Google when it comes to online search. So we’re paying them to use their brilliant search results in order to remove all…

you do know that startpage.com "is now owned by an ad company" https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21371577

Re: DuckDuckGo Reaches 100M Daily Search Queries

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Post by wolverine876 »

Some people perceive Google to be better because when DDG fails, they try Google and sometimes Google succeeds.

That's no different than flipping a coin and hoping for heads. You normally flip with your right hand, but when it comes up tails you try again with your left. About half the time, your left succeeds where your right fails, therefore your left hand is better at flipping coins. I'm sure there's a name for that bias? (Notice that you could do it in reverse and draw the reverse conclusion - the same goes for Google and DDG.)

To actually compare them, you'd need to do the same searches on both, not just the ones where DDG did poorly.

Re: DuckDuckGo Reaches 100M Daily Search Queries

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Post by acatsdream »

conradfr wrote: post #90
Airyleech wrote: post #22

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I use ublock origin, I don't get ads on youtube.

There is on mobile and there's so much nowadays that I had to stop clicking video links on my phone.

You can have ublock origin on firefox mobile.

Re: DuckDuckGo Reaches 100M Daily Search Queries

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Post by unglaublich »

using DDG full-time now for a year. results are quite relevant. better than the crap Google shows you these days. only localization remains an issue. DDG would return shops, restaurants etc on the other side of the world whereas Google would return those within a few miles. I know that comes with a price...

Re: DuckDuckGo Reaches 100M Daily Search Queries

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Post by stjohnswarts »

sneeuwpopsneeuw wrote: post #113
ravedave5 wrote: post #10

I've been switched to DDG for about 4 months now. I am loving the Ads I get in youtube now that google doesn't know what I am interested in they have noting to do with anything I care about. It's wonderful. DDG still has a way to go for really technical queries. I just can't get the same results about this error or that in Java. Until then I'm 100% DDG for personal and 100% google for work.

I have been using DDG for roughly 2 years now and I always search for things technical or non-technical there first. If it does not give any result or when I know it's very technical I simply add !g to the end (but you can add it anywhere) and it automatically searches the same thing in Google. Some examples of things I personally thing DDG could improve / is different then Google: - DDG gives the feeling they prefer…

don't use !g use !sp which is startpage, a proxy for google searches that won't tell google what you're searching for
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