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Google Admits Its AI Overviews Search Feature Screwed Up
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Or DuckDuckGo, which uses the same index as Bing, but with more privacy
DuckDuckGo is my default search tool. It’s great.
Maybe it is a firedox issue, but i have serious issues with location based searchs on DDG. Like, results in the next state over sort of bad.
That may be a feature of DDG. In respecting privacy, it may be ignoring your location. Since I never let sites have access to location data if I can prevent it, I don’t know.
I know, but it's frustrating when i search "restaurants in Cityville" and the results show restaurants in Cityville Indiana instead of my homestate. Or i search for "T-Mobile stores near me" and they list off ones 3 counties over instead of the ones near me. I understand that it is a privacy thing, but it is very annoying.
Same thing happens when i look up items on the grocery store website to see if they have something i need. Firefox seems to think i live over an hour away in Dearborn Michigan, so i have to adjust my location manually every time. I understand why it happens and i can accept it , but that doesn't mean it isn't frustrating.
Firefox will let you whitelist sites that are allowed to your location. Just whitelist those sites. Or use a search engine that doesn’t respect privacy, say Google or StartPage.
I'm pretty sure I live in a city between you and Dearborn but I don't want to say the names and dox us. I just thought it was fun to piece together with the few clues and my familiarity with the area