I've tried DDG a few times over the past 3-4 years and reverted back to Google each time until now because, actually, the results are good enough and it's refreshing to see just a page full of search results without all the Google guff.
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I’ve used DuckDuckGo as my search engine for a year
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#22If you want freedom and more privacy, stop using so much proprietary software. How much Apple lover out there talking about privacy or freedom. They are blind.
IMHO the Apple cult really sucks. Apple isn't really caring about privacy, they are just making a lot of money with false promises.
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#23One thing I've noticed I absolutely love is !bang. Being able to quickly jump to code documentation or a sports game is really awesome.
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#24Duck Duck Go uses "more results", instead of proper pagination. I won't use any website that has such poor judgement in website design.
I don't see whats proper about navigating to a new page to view more of one list of data. That seems less intuitive although it became the norm.
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#25My quick review after more than a year of DDG as my default: - Technical searches are usually on par with Google, or even better. What made me switch originally was that I got fed up with Google just straight up ignoring half my query, and I've had none of that frustration with DDG. - I like the dark theme (although I think Google's experimenting with that now) - DDG is absolutely worthless when it comes to local sea…
Did you set your location? I also though the results were pretty bad until I told ddg my location.
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#26Duck Duck Go uses "more results", instead of proper pagination. I won't use any website that has such poor judgement in website design.
Do you ever actually use that? I've come to the conclusion (on all search engines) that if the result I'm looking for isn't on the first page, it's not going to be on the second or third either, so I've stopped even looking there.
I use DDG for all searches, and do occasionally go to the second page of results (and sometimes even the third). When I do, I either find what I was looking for there or figure out what I might want to change or exclude from the search for my next query.
For example, this morning, I was looking up micro fans for embedded electronic devices, and did find some good results on the second and third pages. Not exactly what I was looking for, but close enough that it was worth digging in to the results.
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#27Do a search for any politically hot topic, in Google, DuckDuckGo, Swisscows, etc.
Compare the results.
Contemplate the dystopian implications of an ideologically correct search engine.
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#28> Should Apple buy DuckDuckGo? I’ve seen this comment floated around the tech community for years, and while it’s an excellent idea, I don’t think it’s needed.
As a non-Apple user I can only say: what?
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#29OK, but... does this mean you don't watch anything on Youtube?
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#30My quick review after more than a year of DDG as my default: - Technical searches are usually on par with Google, or even better. What made me switch originally was that I got fed up with Google just straight up ignoring half my query, and I've had none of that frustration with DDG. - I like the dark theme (although I think Google's experimenting with that now) - DDG is absolutely worthless when it comes to local sea…
> - Technical searches are usually on par with Google, or even better. What made me switch originally was that I got fed up with Google just straight up ignoring half my query, and I've had none of that frustration with DDG.
One thing I don't get from DDG is multiple links to the same website, especially stack overflow. I often find information I need to answer my question across several SO questions, but DDG will only ever direct me towards one solution.