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Re: Twitter CEO Endorses DuckDuckGo

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Post by U8dcN7vx »

cheez wrote: post #122
Seb-C wrote: post #120

I did try DDG and Startpage a few years ago but ultimately gave up because the results were not good. I gave another try to DDG since about 3 weeks and so far the results are pretty good. Not only they got better on the last few years, but for me Google got worse at the same time. Almost everytime I search in Google nowadays, I have to reformulate my search 2~3 times to get decent results. I often need to add double…

Dude, Google is so much worse now... I have no idea what has happened.

Having to make several searches means even more ads are presented ...

Re: Twitter CEO Endorses DuckDuckGo

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Post by madiathomas »

tomcooks wrote: post #157
madiathomas wrote: post #156

I tried DDG a while ago and it didn't feel natural to me. It will be so hard for me to change a search engine after using Google for 20 years. I am too attached to this search engine and it is good enough for my needs. I rarely change things that are working for me. It feels strange for me when I am using other search engines. I feel like I am cheating on my spouse. The first thing I do when I buy an iPhone is to hid…

> rarely change things that are working for me. But what if said things change to the point that they're unrecognisable? What if said spouse cheats you? Because that's what's happening.

The benefits of using Google far outweighs the bad side of Google. When I want to search for private things, I go incognito mode. I clean up my activity log from time to time. I only allow Google Maps to track my location when I am using it. To be sure that they don't track my location, I use iPhone, not Android. That way I know they won't sneak some way to track me without my consent.

Re: Twitter CEO Endorses DuckDuckGo

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Post by Kiro »

danShumway wrote: post #118
unicornporn wrote: post #81

Honest question: how do you people even cope with the crap results? I'm a StartPage user, but decided to try DDG for some time after the System1 debacle [1]. The Swedish localized search results are downright unusable compared to StartPage/Google. I'm really trying to give it a chance, but I keep reaching for SP in every other search. [1] https://reclaimthenet.org/startpage-buyout-ad-tech-company/

Completely honest answer, not trying to be dismissive -- DuckDuckGo gives me fine results for most of my queries. I don't reach for Google that much unless I'm doing a deep dive into a problem that's hard to search in general, in which case I often find I'm aggregating results from multiple search engines. I find Google better at some results -- occasionally Google "gets" what I'm trying to search for better than Duc…

So in other words, use Startpage if you need Google without tracking and DuckDuckGo if you need Bing without tracking.

Re: Twitter CEO Endorses DuckDuckGo

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Post by pkamb »

jasonvorhe wrote: post #159
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…

Blame Reddit for wanting you to use their app, not AMP.

If the SERP linked me to Reddit, I'd have a cookie to saying I've dismissed the App pop-up before AND my logged-in account would be set to load Old Reddit directly. AMP breaks both. The links work perfectly from DDG.

Re: Twitter CEO Endorses DuckDuckGo

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Post by jshc »

madiathomas wrote: post #162
tomcooks wrote: post #157

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> rarely change things that are working for me. But what if said things change to the point that they're unrecognisable? What if said spouse cheats you? Because that's what's happening.

The benefits of using Google far outweighs the bad side of Google. When I want to search for private things, I go incognito mode. I clean up my activity log from time to time. I only allow Google Maps to track my location when I am using it. To be sure that they don't track my location, I use iPhone, not Android. That way I know they won't sneak some way to track me without my consent.

incognito mode does not prevent your search from being tracked.

Re: Twitter CEO Endorses DuckDuckGo

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Post by danShumway »

Kiro wrote: post #163
danShumway wrote: post #118

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Completely honest answer, not trying to be dismissive -- DuckDuckGo gives me fine results for most of my queries. I don't reach for Google that much unless I'm doing a deep dive into a problem that's hard to search in general, in which case I often find I'm aggregating results from multiple search engines. I find Google better at some results -- occasionally Google "gets" what I'm trying to search for better than Duc…

So in other words, use Startpage if you need Google without tracking and DuckDuckGo if you need Bing without tracking.

> I'm a StartPage user, but decided to try DDG for some time after the System1 debacle

I haven't kept up with the most recent news, but I assume OP would still be using SP if they could trust it not to track them. What they need is a StartPage equivalent that they still trust.

Re: Twitter CEO Endorses DuckDuckGo

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Post by madiathomas »

jshc wrote: post #166
madiathomas wrote: post #162

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The benefits of using Google far outweighs the bad side of Google. When I want to search for private things, I go incognito mode. I clean up my activity log from time to time. I only allow Google Maps to track my location when I am using it. To be sure that they don't track my location, I use iPhone, not Android. That way I know they won't sneak some way to track me without my consent.

incognito mode does not prevent your search from being tracked.

Any evidence to backup your claims that they track incognito searches? They promised not to track and I don't see anything that suggests they do track me when I am incognito.

Re: Twitter CEO Endorses DuckDuckGo

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Post by pkamb »

moksly wrote: post #145
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’ve never been to an AMP page where I haven’t clicked forward to the actual site because the AMP sucks. Which means that Google’s attempt to, well I don’t really know what the hell they are doing with AMP pages, has made searching such a damn hassle. Unfortunately Duck isn’t very good in my country.

AMP's not that bad for, like, a local restaurant website or random news article or whatever. Fast and mobile friendly, when it might normally not be. Bit annoying if you want to copy the link, but whatever. Fine.

But Reddit already has their own mobile site, and app. And half of the appeal of Reddit are the AMP-incompatible features such as voting and commenting! Why do they allow AMP to destroy their website?!

Re: Twitter CEO Endorses DuckDuckGo

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Post by moksly »

pkamb wrote: post #169
moksly wrote: post #145

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I’ve never been to an AMP page where I haven’t clicked forward to the actual site because the AMP sucks. Which means that Google’s attempt to, well I don’t really know what the hell they are doing with AMP pages, has made searching such a damn hassle. Unfortunately Duck isn’t very good in my country.

AMP's not that bad for, like, a local restaurant website or random news article or whatever. Fast and mobile friendly, when it might normally not be. Bit annoying if you want to copy the link, but whatever. Fine. But Reddit already has their own mobile site, and app. And half of the appeal of Reddit are the AMP-incompatible features such as voting and commenting! Why do they allow AMP to destroy their website?!

With reddit it’s extra annoying because once you’ve clicked through the amp, you still have to manually replace the www with old.

I’m not sure how we ended up with an internet where you need to move through a search engine and two shitty mobile web apps to get to the page you wanted, but here we are.

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