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Getting unhappy about DuckDuckGo (self.degoogle)

submitted 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) by pglpm to c/[email protected]

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For several years I've been using DuckDuckGo instead of Google Search, and I've been overall quite happy with the results. Only rarely had I to resort to Google search (!g).

During the last month or two, however, I've found myself using the !g switch and Google search more than half of the time. DuckDuckGo shows no or few results where Google shows more (and useful) ones.

Still I don't want to give in. So:

Have you also experienced this worsening of DuckDuckGo?
Which other more privacy-respecting alternatives do you recommend?

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[–] ZeroCool 4 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

I just checked and it doesn't look like it (if you want to search for DDG bangs here's the link, just scroll down a bit.). But you could always just add Leta as a search engine in your browser preferences and set a keystroke for it. For example, type L into the URL bar then space and it'll use Leta for your query. (Note, I use Firefox, not sure if it's the same with Chromium based browsers).

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago

I submitted a request for !leta. If it gets rejected I'll try what you said. +1 for Firefox.