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mischief-tea 20 points ago +21 / -1

Been using DuckDuckGo for around 2 years, now. Now if only I could find a cell phone that wasn't designed to spy on me...

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GulagDweller 5 points ago +5 / -0

Stopped using Google a few years ago, but I will profess to use them exclusively in "Incognito Mode".

A 5 Billion Dollar lawsuit against them is coming soon and EVERYONE needs to join this class action litigation. Fuck Google big time. Fucktardbook and The Twit will be next to sue out of existence, this is just the beginning.

Article: Google Chrome Privacy Lawsuit: Could You Get A $5,000 Payout?

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Thefinalvendetta 7 points ago +8 / -1

Try Brave instead.

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Greenetarpaulin 7 points ago +7 / -0

Pair it with qwant.

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floridadave 1 point ago +2 / -1

Brave whitelisted the worst tracking offenders enter text

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Thefinalvendetta 1 point ago +1 / -0

They still block the trackers of those sites

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Tatesatoa 0 points ago +1 / -1

Don’t use Brave either it’s based on Chromium which only gives Google more market share. Switch to a non-chromium browser like Firefox.

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Thefinalvendetta 1 point ago +1 / -0

Chromium is opensource, Google doesnt own it or get anything from it.

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electricboogaloo [S] 3 points ago +3 / -0

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Captain_Cashew 5 points ago +6 / -1

I'm not the guy you asked but as pointed out by someone else on this site, look up "things invented by white people" on DDG and you get blatant propaganda in return. Propaganda pretty similar to what is returned by Google or Bing. This may be a result of DDG relying on other search engines behind the scenes, I don't know much about their algorithms. I also don't know much about their ownership or political donations. I just set up a private Searx instance the other day and it allows for a pretty good level of customization of result providers and the weight it gives their results, even more if you're willing to go deep into the source code. I have no intentions of making it public though because I can't afford lawyers. Searx does tell you which results came from which engines so maybe in time I can narrow it down to a couple that aren't ridiculously biased.

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electricboogaloo [S] 7 points ago +7 / -0

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Captain_Cashew 2 points ago +2 / -0

Thanks for the link, here's an excerpt from it:

"Searching - It's Complicated

High level: try to figure what a query is about  and then route it to the appropriate datastores and APIs that are appropriate for it. And in some cases bring it back, parallelize it, and mix it together.
The zero-click, instance answer box, could be powered by PostgreSQL, Solr, on the fly APIs, flat files, or a combination.
Link results are API driven, though ***top links may come from other sources.  Link sources include: Bing, Yahoo, Yandex, Blekko, WolframAlpha, and many others.***
All parsing and merging logic is in Perl.
Two levels of merging: backend and client."

You seem like you have some technical knowledge and I respect your opinion, but I'm still skeptical that the results of this query are entirely organic. Regardless, I agree that we are better off using DDG than Google when practical.

"My point is if you don’t support an alternative to Google then alternatives will cease to exist." << I endorse this message.

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FuckRioters 4 points ago +4 / -0

Most of the internet has become too complacent on centralized platforms.

If you can get anyone to leave Google, or some other mainstream platform, for a smaller and less-asshole competitor, the person has metaphorically "Left the Plantation"

Even if something like DuckDuckGo, Ruqqus, Gab, or Parler turns out to be garbage, a person has learned to be independent and can more easily switch if another better platform arises, because they're no longer as complacent or dependent.

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electricboogaloo [S] 1 point ago +1 / -0

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electricboogaloo [S] 6 points ago +6 / -0

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FuckRioters 3 points ago +3 / -0

I'm not a fan of Amazon dominating the internet, but I also understand what it takes to launch a website and why many small companies use AWS, given I'm also a software engineer by trade.

Boycotting a service because they use AWS seems awfully silly to me, and more like someone is concern-trolling.

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July_1776 4 points ago +4 / -0

BRO why the F are you using CHROME in the first place.

FFS use FireFox...

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floridadave 1 point ago +2 / -1

Brave has white listed tracking websites enter text

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Tatesatoa 1 point ago +1 / -0

Don’t use Brave either it’s based on Chromium which only gives Google more market share. Switch to a non-chromium browser like Firefox.

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HiddenDekuScrub 2 points ago +2 / -0

While you're at it, ditch Chrome.

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dissenter_track 2 points ago +2 / -0

Ironic you're using Chrome. Switch to hardened Firefox.

EDIT: I forget where, but I remember that Brave has telemetric problems. Brave is easier to setup, but even if you're mildly technologically literate, you should be able to follow the linked guide to harden Firefox.

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N0Brakes 2 points ago +2 / -0

And Brave for a browser

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Tatesatoa 1 point ago +1 / -0

Don’t use Brave either it’s based on Chromium which only gives Google more market share. Switch to a non-chromium browser like Firefox.

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N8daGr8 2 points ago +2 / -0

Or brave browser. In my opinion, it's better than duckduckgo.

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Tatesatoa 1 point ago +1 / -0

Don’t use Brave either it’s based on Chromium which only gives Google more market share. Switch to a non-chromium browser like Firefox.

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Juanye 1 point ago +1 / -0

Stop using the verb google!

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Headline_Correction 1 point ago +1 / -0

use startpage.com - duckduckgo funds marxists - no shit, search you will see the denials, startpage is much better

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floridadave 1 point ago +1 / -0

If you like Chrome but do not want to be tracked, try Iron. It has the "analytics" removed enter text

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KilluminatiAJ 0 points ago +4 / -4

Ddg was just purchased by Apple

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electricboogaloo [S] 4 points ago +4 / -0

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Aeronomer 6 points ago +6 / -0

This is bs.

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FuckRioters 2 points ago +2 / -0

Proof?