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Are you using DuckDuckGo? (2 Viewers)

Do you use DuckDuckgo?

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    Votes: 20 57.1%

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    Votes: 15 42.9%
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I definitely like the feel of DuckDuckgo. I do not feel I am being sold anything or my information is being compromised.

I also love the fact they have a variety of search engine results. The search results coming from terms like vaccines and Ukraine are more diverse and helpful than google or bing.
 
Bucky said:
I definitely like the feel of DuckDuckgo. I do not feel I am being sold anything or my information is being compromised.

I also love the fact they have a variety of search engine results. The search results coming from terms like vaccines and Ukraine are more diverse and helpful than google or bing.
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It's definitely more private than Google but also comes back with limited search replies.
Peter King said:
first question is, what is DuckDuckGo?
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A search engine alternative that doesn't track your activity.
 
I've been using it for months. Sometimes it is "blind" to obvious results, and doesn't seem very smart about + or - modifiers in the search terms. But if it is really dicking me around I can still use Google.

And at least it's not Bing!
 
Bucky said:
I definitely like the feel of DuckDuckgo. I do not feel I am being sold anything or my information is being compromised.

I also love the fact they have a variety of search engine results. The search results coming from terms like vaccines and Ukraine are more diverse and helpful than google or bing.
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I do...on all my browsers except Edge, which I don't use very often.
 
When I read: "Duck" here I think of Donald Duck - and then of Donald Trump - and then I think:
"Aha - another Biden/Trump-thread. Some here can think of nothing else - even in threads about Ukraine."
 
Bucky said:
I definitely like the feel of DuckDuckgo. I do not feel I am being sold anything or my information is being compromised.

I also love the fact they have a variety of search engine results. The search results coming from terms like vaccines and Ukraine are more diverse and helpful than google or bing.
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What about a link to it?
 
Rumpel said:
So I am also asking!

And I aks:

Why was that not explained in the OP?
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It's a search engine. Before there was Google, there was a near-monopoly search engine called AltaVista. But they got caught taking money to promote searches according to money paid to them by sites. Also, Google ran at a loss for years, developing their engine and widening their database. Their first public float is still among the most successful in history.

Google found a way to commercialize the information they gained from searches. Duckduckgo has a charter not to do that. How they intend to pay their own bills (pun intended!) still isn't clear.
 
Spirit of The Millennium said:
It's a search engine. Before there was Google, there was a near-monopoly search engine called AltaVista. But they got caught taking money to promote searches according to money paid to them by sites. Also, Google ran at a loss for years, developing their engine and widening their database. Their first public float is still among the most successful in history.

Google found a way to commercialize the information they gained from searches. Duckduckgo has a charter not to do that. How they intend to pay their own bills (pun intended!) still isn't clear.
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I miss that squeel from dial up
 
Peter King said:
first question is, what is DuckDuckGo?
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Its a search engine that claims to keep your information private,

duckduckgo.com

DuckDuckGo — Privacy, simplified.

The Internet privacy company that empowers you to seamlessly take control of your personal information online, without any tradeoffs.
duckduckgo.com duckduckgo.com

Ive used it for over a year.

It's not as private as TOR, butt it's 10x faster than TOR.
 
Bucky said:
I definitely like the feel of DuckDuckgo. I do not feel I am being sold anything or my information is being compromised.

I also love the fact they have a variety of search engine results. The search results coming from terms like vaccines and Ukraine are more diverse and helpful than google or bing.
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Yes, been using DuckDuckgo for some time now.....I like the search results as they are more abjective and evenly spread than Google's.....plus the privacy is important and a plus.
 
Bucky said:
I definitely like the feel of DuckDuckgo. I do not feel I am being sold anything or my information is being compromised.

I also love the fact they have a variety of search engine results. The search results coming from terms like vaccines and Ukraine are more diverse and helpful than google or bing.
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No, no, no.
 
no, too often it seems too limited and sometimes way too random for me.
Maybe its the things i tend to search work-related stuff, sports, technology, politics, DIY, pictures are probably among the top

but im not a fan, i easily still prefer google for good fast widespread results
 
I honestly don’t care about ads enough to bother with another browser.
 
Yes, have been trying to, but it lacks some of the features that Google has.

I like that when I ask a simple question, Google will provide the answer in the search results rather than just links to pages that might have the answer.

E.g. "weather 30301"
 
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