Why you should go to DuckDuckGo and totally ignore Google.

[blobster21]

I switched to duckduckgo after reading this thread.

 

[Wyverex]

Out of curiosity.. How many of you DuckDuck go users consider yourselves "Conservative" and/or are into "Conspiracies"?

I'd consider myself pretty liberal / left-oriented, and very much not into conspiracies.
I just value my privacy.

DDG has been my primary search engine for the last 3 years or so. There are times where it simply can't find what I want, and at such times I use other engines (Google mostly)

 

[advanced3]

I use Google because there is no such thing as "privacy" anymore, only the illusion of it.

 

[windwhirl]

Well, I switched most of my searches to DDG a while ago (a year and half, more or less).

I only ever bother using another search engine (Bing and Google) when the results are not what I expected, after going through at least the first hundred, or when I know that I won't get what I want (which happens less often these days).

 

[64K]

I use Google because there is no such thing as "privacy" anymore, only the illusion of it.

That's pretty much the way I see it. If there is something I want to remain private then I don't put it on the internet in any form even in private emails.

 

[RealNeil]

Started using DDG about two weeks ago.
It seems to work fine.
I've only used Google once since then.

 

[Vayra86]

This topic needs to go viral

Brings tears to my eyes

I use Google because there is no such thing as "privacy" anymore, only the illusion of it.

Think of it as security.

Perfect security is impossible - and we have grown to accept that, even in todays' risk-averse society. Why not look at privacy the same way. Sure it won't be perfect, but you can mitigate the most obvious stuff quite easily and without constantly running into issues.

Ironically, greater forces in the world are actively trying to make us believe more comfort and security comes from a reduction of privacy. That idea however is a fallacy. Personal security and privacy go hand in hand - especially in an information era.

 

[Eskimonster]

I use Google because there is no such thing as "privacy" anymore, only the illusion of it.

My reason to use DDG is that google manipulates the links, that pisses me of greatly.

 

[Darmok N Jalad]

Not using Google is less about privacy, though it is a factor. It’s more about how Google operates as a company, and that we need fewer almighty companies influencing our society, especially those that pretend like they aren’t doing it. I mean, Google has “accidentally” blocked content from competing browsers, even those based on chromium. When they get called out, they just say “oops” and then fix it, and for some reason it just gets shrugged off. I remember MS of the 90s, and they got thumped for such things.

 

[remixedcat]

Well Google Analytics is pretty much embedded on every page so it’s marked untrusted by default for me, no issues I agree some of their other services can cause issues.

I use them. It helps webmasters out with who uses what browsers, OSes, devices, and provides us data to use to make the site better. We need to know what people look at so we can make better content. If people block this we can't make our sites as optimized. We won't know visitor counts or anything. I can't see IP addresses, or anything very personal. If anyone has any questions about Google Analytics let me know.

 

[Eskimonster]

I use them. It helps webmasters out with who uses what browsers, OSes, devices, and provides us data to use to make the site better. We need to know what people look at so we can make better content. If people block this we can't make our sites as optimized. We won't know visitor counts or anything. I can't see IP addresses, or anything very personal. If anyone has any questions about Google Analytics let me know.

Thanks for answering the post, i personally use DDG becorse i want my serches unbiased.
If google stopt doing that id use it again.

 

[64K]

 

[Countryside]

 

[Vayra86]

I am a fan of dark modes and I have to say, this is pretty damn glorious. My homepage is the DDG search bar and its the exact same color as well. Its seamless

Not gonna be looking back anymore.

 

[lexluthermiester]

Linus' reactions are interesting. Not sure I agree with his conclusions. In the end Edge is still made by MS, is ultimately still closed source and thus can not be completely trusted..

 

[Countryside]

Linus' reactions are interesting. Not sure I agree with his conclusions. In the end Edge is still made by MS, is ultimately still closed source and thus can not be completely trusted..

Yeah, and i think it's unlikely that the switch to chromium will help them much because users will use the browser that they are accustomed to.

But the growing amount of chromium based browsers is worrying.

 

[Frick]

Im just a dad who thinks google are discusting, my hate begun when google copyed all our library books and stole its contents from the authors.

Pretty sure they didn’t. In fact I know they didn’t.

Personally I dislike all search engines. It’s literally impossible to find anything on the web today, even if you use exact terms they’re ignored or you find nothing. It’s like the sites aren’t crawled as such.

 

[rtwjunkie]

Actually, Edge was pretty decent. I enjoyed using it. It was only MS transition to being a Google subsidiary that had me switch permanently to Firefox.

 

[Vayra86]

Actually, Edge was pretty decent. I enjoyed using it. It was only MS transition to being a Google subsidiary that had me switch permanently to Firefox.

Yeah that is such a weird move. For the first time in decades they had a browser up to a point where it felt good to use, and they basically ditch it.

 

[er557]

the reason is there were compatibility problems and security issues, i'm pretty sure they had to find a way for a more global-standard browser.

 

[lexluthermiester]

For the first time in decades they had a browser up to a point where it felt good to use, and they basically ditch it.

But it's Microsoft. A large portion of the public is unwilling to trust Microsoft which is why Windows 10 adoption rates have taken so long to ramp up. It doesn't matter how good the browser is or will be if no one trusts the people making it.

 

[Zareek]

Bing works best in america , in europa its useless.

Maybe Bing works best in America if you like garbage search results! Bing is totally worthless, on another level bad.

 

[Eskimonster]

Maybe Bing works best in America if you like garbage search results! Bing is totally worthless, on another level bad.

I was being polite.

 

[Vayra86]

Maybe Bing works best in America if you like garbage search results! Bing is totally worthless, on another level bad.

I've always wondered why there is no Windows-ey 'BING!' sound that comes with each successfull search result. That'd be hilarious

 

[rtwjunkie]

Maybe Bing works best in America if you like garbage search results! Bing is totally worthless, on another level bad.

If you say so. It’s only your opinion.