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Re: DuckDuckGo for Mac

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Why reinvent the wheel and force yourself to go through a new browser when you have Vivaldi? Extension support is being planned (not sure when it will release). Windows is "coming soon". Linux- I don't think they will support it.

Vivaldi fits the use cases completely - you can keep it as simple or complex as you want. I don't want a browser which is "fast". I want one which works and supports specific general and niche use cases rolled into one.

Re: DuckDuckGo for Mac

#82

Why reinvent the wheel and force yourself to go through a new browser when you have Vivaldi? Extension support is being planned (not sure when it will release). Windows is "coming soon". Linux- I don't think they will support it. Vivaldi fits the use cases completely - you can keep it as simple or complex as you want. I don't want a browser which is "fast". I want one which works and supports specific general and nic…

Vivaldi is still Chromium based. This is WebKit based (or more accurately, the OS provided engine). We need more non-Chromium based browsers anyway.

I'm speculating here, but it sounds like the Windows version will also be the OS provided engine, which would be Edge, thus we're back to Chromium. Which is a shame considering the stink they make about it in this article.

Re: DuckDuckGo for Mac

#83
post #67

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I don’t need other people to decide for me what’s true. In fact I find the growing support for that frightening, given that the self-appointed arbiters of truth in corporate and social media have repeatedly, objectively been shown to be wrong, and from my personal perspective pushing a social and political agenda that is not my own. I’m a big boy, I’ll decide for myself what counts as “misinformation” thanks very muc…

They aren't telling you what's true. They're just ranking search results. And a search engine has to rank search results -- not everything can be at the top. The question isn't whether DDG should rank search results, but what criteria they should use. I personally think the usefulness and credibility of the information are pretty good criteria, and do not think any exceptions should be made for political subjects.

So what difference with Google then?

In this way they could rank marketing stuff in a first page and usefull at 10+, just because "sponsorship/current agenda".

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