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DuckDuckGo for Mac is now open source

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Re: DuckDuckGo for Mac is now open source

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Post by ravenstine »

0xbadcafebee wrote: post #2

Has anyone else noticed 99% of DDG search results are now AI spam? I can't look for anything on DDG anymore, it's 100 pages of "Table of Contents" questions/answers by AI. It's like when recipe blogs took over the internet, but worse now, because I can't even get a reliable answer now.

I sometimes have to use DDG when I'm in private browsing mode (I don't feel like setting it up for Kagi), and have noticed that DDG has become complete junk. Not only does it seem to be highly sanitized but it's full of crappy results. Yeah, every search engine has bad results, especially The Google, but DDG has seen the sharpest decline in quality. I used to be a fan!

Re: DuckDuckGo for Mac is now open source

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Post by _ph_ »

hombre_fatal wrote: post #59
_ph_ wrote: post #45

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Please don't post links that download things automatically.

Your browser auto-downloaded it. The website just said it's available.

No, that doesn't normally happen. The link doesn't point to an executable. So the linked webpage caused the browser to download. At least there should be a warning.

Re: DuckDuckGo for Mac is now open source

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Post by jatotebs »

pythux wrote: post #55
amusingimpala75 wrote: post #46

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I really liked Brave Search but unfortunately it started giving me captchas on every search after 11 pm Pacific or so for some (unknown) reason. They’re not even image captchas, you just click the button and wait 15-20 seconds which is pretty inconvenient.

Hi, Brave engineer here, May I ask when you switched away from Brave Search? We've been doing work to reduce the amount of captchas a few months ago and we stopped getting feedback about this issue at that point. If it's still happening, it's something we will look into again. Also, are you a user of ProtonVPN by any chance? Thanks for your help,

Excellent browser. One issue with it though, when I close the browser I am expecting my history to be deleted as I set it up that way, but it turns out I have to manually close every tab before closing the browser for it to actually delete the history and that seems like a mistake. Otherwise, great browser. Though you should rip out all the Google stuff from it, literally every single thing that connects or touches that pos company.

Re: DuckDuckGo for Mac is now open source

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Post by atmanactive »

hakonslie wrote: post #42
djaychela wrote: post #34

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I've started using Kagi for any "important" searches and I have to say it works very well, quite a contrast to what DDG has now become.

I use kagi for everything

Kagi is my one and only search engine for few years now. What a breath of fresh air. It was, "back to sanity" for me.

Re: DuckDuckGo for Mac is now open source

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Post by Terretta »

__jonas wrote: post #50
mrweasel wrote: post #39

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Is that not like saying that Brave, Orion, Vivaldi, Edge and Opera are just Chrome in disguise? I mean I wouldn't disagree necessarily.

Orion is also WebKit, not chromium based

But, unlike most browsers with WebKit inside, lets you run “most” Firefox/Chrome extensions.

Re: DuckDuckGo for Mac is now open source

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Post by userbinator »

benbristow wrote: post #57

We have taken steps to update our terminology and remove words with problematic racial connotations, most notably the change to main branches, allow lists, and blocklists. Closed issues or PRs may contain deprecated terminology that should not be used going forward. TIL blacklist and whitelist are racist. Even though if you look at the etymology they're not. Meh.

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Re: DuckDuckGo for Mac is now open source

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Post by [deleted] »

0xbadcafebee wrote: post #2

Has anyone else noticed 99% of DDG search results are now AI spam? I can't look for anything on DDG anymore, it's 100 pages of "Table of Contents" questions/answers by AI. It's like when recipe blogs took over the internet, but worse now, because I can't even get a reliable answer now.

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Re: DuckDuckGo for Mac is now open source

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Post by pythux »

NayamAmarshe wrote: post #58
pythux wrote: post #55

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Hi, Brave engineer here, May I ask when you switched away from Brave Search? We've been doing work to reduce the amount of captchas a few months ago and we stopped getting feedback about this issue at that point. If it's still happening, it's something we will look into again. Also, are you a user of ProtonVPN by any chance? Thanks for your help,

Hi pythux, off-topic question but do engineers directly read the feedback or is it filtered for you by someone else?

It can be both, we have people who look at community feedback on a daily basis, but engineers also tend to be out there on HN and Reddit, etc. and today it was the case that I saw the comment and could jump in straight away.

Re: DuckDuckGo for Mac is now open source

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Post by pythux »

jatotebs wrote: post #63
pythux wrote: post #55

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Hi, Brave engineer here, May I ask when you switched away from Brave Search? We've been doing work to reduce the amount of captchas a few months ago and we stopped getting feedback about this issue at that point. If it's still happening, it's something we will look into again. Also, are you a user of ProtonVPN by any chance? Thanks for your help,

Excellent browser. One issue with it though, when I close the browser I am expecting my history to be deleted as I set it up that way, but it turns out I have to manually close every tab before closing the browser for it to actually delete the history and that seems like a mistake. Otherwise, great browser. Though you should rip out all the Google stuff from it, literally every single thing that connects or touches t…

Hey, let me forward that to someone more knowledgeable about this topic. We'll get back to you. Thanks for the feedback!
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