Do you use DuckDuckGo?

[Deleted member 45957]

It was my default for a long time, but I was never really satisfied with the results so I switched back to google. I use an android device so my privacy is nonexistent anyway.

France aside, wouldn't DDG have to comply with GDPR fully regardless of their location if their site is available in the EU?

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They would have to comply with GDPR indeed. But they would also have to comply with American laws (which are partly contradictory to EU laws regarding personal data) since they are an American company. Since all of this is a bit blurry, I prefer using Qwant which is european.

 

[CybilBennett]

I use Google. All the other search engines I've tried have been awful

 

[Wraith]

I go back and forth on it. I appreciate what they're doing, and use it when I can, but I can't use it for everything.

I find it's perfectly fine for relatively simple searches. Searches where you know there are specific website results it should return. Works fast and doesn't have Google's modified URLs (a pain when you try to copy a link and end up with a big long mess instead).

But searching for something a bit more complicated, or looking for a very specific thing that will return a small result set, it's hard to match Google's index. So I still end up using Google a lot.

Side bar - Google really annoys me when I have to "put" "every" "word" "in" "quotes" to get results that include very word. I get they need to do that because most people don't search that way. But give me a giant "Yes, include all the words" button or something.

 

[Excuse me]

I did the switch couple of months ago. It's ok for most of the stuff, but at the same time, I still have to have google on my favorite bar. Some times I get some bizarre suggestions and the relevant sites are buried further back. But it's kinda rare. Overall I like, it's not google but nothing is.

 

[Gray]

Yes I use it almost exclusively. I will do a Google search if I don't like the DDG results I'm getting but this happens more and more infrequently.

 

[Capra]

I switched over to it years ago... And then at some point I got fed up with the limited results and started appending !g to each search. It's dumb, but I've accepted that no matter what I do pretty much every aspect of my online presence is being tracked by someone regardless.

 

[Thurston Last]

Yes I made the switch, some searches don't give me the results I want so I just open Google incognito (so it isn't directly tied to my Google account) and put the search in. I am ok with Google having some search history, it's better than giving them everything. I will say it is way better than when I first heard of them years back, when DDG first came out I couldn't use it seriously as the results just weren't up to par. But they are pretty good now.

Also switched away from Chrome back to Firefox. Have been happy with it.

Still haven't escaped from gmail though.

 

[Wraith]

Also switched away from Chrome back to Firefox. Have been happy with it.

Still haven't escaped from gmail though.

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Leaving behind Google's browser is a lot easier than leaving behind Google Search. I rarely use Chrome these days. Firefox on desktop, Brave on mobile. (Firefox mobile is also a thing, but Brave has built-in ad blocking.)

I still don't know what the best option is for web mail. I have so many logins tied to gmail/hotmail addresses.

 

[Thurston Last]

I still don't know what the best option is for web mail. I have so many logins tied to gmail/hotmail addresses.

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ProtonMail is a popular one for security minded people. FastMail is also a popular option, it has mobile apps, and a good mobile webpage. I have a fastmail account and it seems pretty nice, just haven't migrated everything over. Changing all of those accounts is a lot of work.

ProtonMail is based out of Switzerland and FastMail out of Australia, something non-US based is important to many people to help avoid NSA surveillance.

Both paid of course.

 

[mhayes86]

Never heard of it, so I just checked it out. It seems alright, and would have been something I would have played around with a few years ago, but I've become accustomed to Google integration with pretty much everything for convenience.

 

[Zing]

I've been using it since around the time it started, and exclusively using it since iOS supported having it as a default search engine. I've never once felt it didn't give me the results I needed. Thumbs up.

Anyone not neck deep in Android/Google should feel comfortable in making the switch.

 

[Slayven]

I still use altavista

 

[Falchion]

I use Bing for thr sweet, sweet Xbox gift cards but I'll check this out.

 

[signal]

Thought the comparisons here were interesting

 

[Redhead On Moped]

Of course I do... it's like, a no-brainer. Why would one NOT use it?

Like, it's a total no-brainer, right up there with turning off tap-click on a notebook, reducing white point on iOS, and enabling hardware encryption on your external disks.

 

[Mona]

That depends, is it 2005?

 

[Deleted member 9237]

It's my default search engine but despite that I don't actually use it that much. For a lot of the stuff I search Google is significantly better.

 

[Handicapped Duck]

I've used it for two years now but that doesn't mean much when I still have Yahoo Mail, Gmail, and other tracking/listening devices like Alexa. Changing even just my email even for my most-used sites would be a hassle because of how much I would need to change.

 

[Stinkinmushroom]

Fuck fuck no

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Lol

 

[Stinkinmushroom]

Cant have it as default on the Samsung internet browser. So no

 

[Dan Thunder]

That depends, is it 2005?

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That'd be impressive, you'd have had it 3 years before it even came out!

 

[LastCaress]

Use it on my raspberries

 

[xrnzaaas]

It's about 50/50 between Google and DuckDuckGo. I use Google mostly for work related stuff, DuckDuckGo if I'm casually searching for something.

 

[Llazy07]

No but I used to play duck duck go in elementary school recess. Man those were the times

 

[Deleted member 35204]

i tired to switch a couple of times giving them ~3 weeks of exclusive use each time.
It's not bad but it really isn't on par with Google and had to switch back

 

[Mona]

That'd be impressive, you'd have had it 3 years before it even came out!

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Damn

 

[NekoNeko]

i tried to use it over the last two weeks but it just sucks so hard compared to google that i can't do it any longer.

have my fucking data google. you won.

 

[Coinspinner]

I used to use it, but Google gets better results.

 

[H2intensity]

Yeah, use it as a replacement chrome on my mobile. Like it a lot, it fast and lite.

 

[supremeplatypus]

I use bing most of the time.

 

[deroli]

Yes it is my default search engine on my computer + phone. I still use google sporadically, because duckduckgo's results are not as good in case I need to find something on a specific website, like "resetera mobile games".

 

[Fuzzery]

Lol no

 

[Kafarabo]

duckduckgo
more like duckduckdick

 

[Yogi]

I just searched for replacing my wasdkeyboard keyset via duckduckgo. I had not searched anywhere else and only clicked on the official company website.

A few minutes later I'm sorting something out on amazon not related to keyboards and the recommended items in my checkout are keyboards. I've never searched for keyboards on amazon.

--nvm I just remembered I then sent an email to the company from my gmail account. You really are the product with google. Not getting their phones.
All my settings on google are for non-targetted advertising...but I guess that doesn't stop them selling my info to companies that will directly target it.

 

[finalflame]

No

 

[julia crawford]

Yes, it's not as good as google though but i suppose it works well enough and it keeps Google off my butt.

 

[Kieli]

You work for DuckDuckGo? You have some affiliation you wanna share? 'Cuz this smells like an astroturf.

 

[Neo C.]

Yes, on my private computer. Everyone should take their privacy seriously.

 

[strudelkuchen]

You work for DuckDuckGo? You have some affiliation you wanna share? 'Cuz this smells like an astroturf.

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lol

 

[skeptem]

I've probably said it in this thread, but still have it as my default for years now.

 

[Deleted member 49611]

very rarely. i prefer Google.

 

[Dr Doom]

Yes. Blocks tracking on sites using the Firefox extension

 

[Ravio-li]

Yeah. You can just type !g in duckduckgo to search via google, if you don't find something (The bangs feature is generally great, I always forget it also works for most other stuff).

 

[Wishbone Ash]

How did you see Google's extensive profile on you?

 

[spool]

I use it even though it's driving me crazy at times. It's clearly worse than google to guess what you are looking for, and it doesn't have any proper functionality to stop guessing and instead display pages that contain (or not) the words you actually typed. Using quotes around words is merely a suggestion for DuckDuckGo to treat the word as more important, not that they MUST be included.

 

[Deleted member 17184]

I like it, but I use Ecosia instead.

 

[Rosebud]

Now I want to see my "Google profile"

 

[gabdeg]

It is my primary search engine but still, at least once a day, I just open up Google cause I know Duckduckgo won't give me any results worth a crap on a particular search.

 

[Firebrand]

I do on my Ipad, but often have to switch to Google to get any useful results.

 

[mxbison]

I have it set as default, but honestly I still switch to google most of the time. It just works so much better.