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Duck duck go needs a lot of work to replace Google search.
I've used it for years but often I still get the shits and just bring Google up after duck duck go fails to find what I'm looking for.
this post was submitted on 05 Oct 2023
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Huh I'm also a regular DDG user but I never have that experience.
For 9 of 10 search DDG give me what I'm looking for in the top results, for the other time I just add g! to the search and its sends me to google.
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Did DDG move away from consolidating results from Google and other engines?
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I've been trying to use DDG but honestly it sucks. I can't imagine Apple switching to it, it would just make things worse for users, who commonly can't figure out how to switch defaults. I think it's just a negotiating point.
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I tried to switch to DDG as my default search on iOS but my adblocker doesn’t block ads on it but it does on google, so I switched back
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