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Getting unhappy about DuckDuckGo (lemmy.ca)
submitted 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) by pglpm@lemmy.ca to c/degoogle@lemmy.ml
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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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[-] Unmapped@lemmy.ml 4 points 4 days ago

This is awesome. Is there a DDG !bang for this? I would love to use it in place of !g for the few times I resort to !g.

[-] ZeroCool@lemmy.ca 4 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

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).

[-] Unmapped@lemmy.ml 3 points 4 days ago

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

[-] zdhzm2pgp@lemmy.ml 1 points 4 days ago

StartPage should be !sp.

this post was submitted on 14 Apr 2025
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