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submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by can@sh.itjust.works to c/mildlyinfuriating@lemmy.world

Edit:

The poll stopped me in my tracks but it's actually even worse.

It should not take this long to get to imdb

Edit2: didn't even realize it thinks I'll "love it" based on things I look up. I don't think I'd like it.

Edit³: IMDb was the example I used without thinking. I'm aware that there's a link to it in the top card. It's the other web results that I don't already know about that I'd like to see. I now know there's a hidden "web" tab. There's also https://www.google.com/search?udm=14&q=example` but it's still mildly infuriating that you have to know about these things to get the basic results we expected for years.

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[-] akilou@sh.itjust.works 114 points 3 months ago

Damn. I switched to DDG like well over a year ago and thought I was just kind of putting up with it for the sake of privacy. Turns out I didn't know how good I have it

[-] fritobugger2017@lemmy.world 23 points 3 months ago

Exactly. I've been using DDG for years now and when I have to use Google search for whatever reason, I am quickly reminded how crap ggl is.

[-] Carighan@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago

I just wish DDG would finally kill their Apple Maps. Over here they're so incredibly unusable it's just not funny any more. I'll take here maps before that POS.

It's so bad that on desktop, you can't even go and click on alternative elements on the map without explicitly changing your search terms to them. You see them, but they're non-interactive. So the incredibly common case "I remember the name of the restaurant next to this place" (or something similar) cannot be done on DDG, on account of getting Apple money to include their maps.

[-] TwilightKiddy@programming.dev 1 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Using a specialized tool for the task is the way to go, in my opinion. I use OpenStreetMaps when I need to look at the map. If I'm looking for some famous(ish) place, I look it up on Wikipedia and jump to OSM from there.

[-] akilou@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 months ago

Completely agree! I wish you could choose which map to use. I still use and love google maps.

[-] hungprocess@lemmy.sdf.org 13 points 3 months ago

It shouldn't take this long to get to imdb

In case anyone here isn't aware, you can directly search IMDB from DuckDuckGo by using the bang !imdb.

[-] Carighan@lemmy.world 6 points 3 months ago

I can also search IMDB from IMDB.

[-] cheddar@programming.dev 7 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

DDG is moving into the same direction. I had to use ublock to hide the news block that appears when I'm searching for a movie/show in order to avoid spoilers.

[-] Carighan@lemmy.world 9 points 3 months ago

In fact this was one of the key features lauded about DDG in its early days, the "instant result"-boxes.

Google kinda only went hard on them afterwards, probably seeing a good idea over at DDG because for the vast majority of people, they're looking for answers and results, not specifically objects of type link-to-search-result. They don't need a list of links, so long as the information they were after is reliably in those generated cards.

See OP wanting an IMDB link, which is directly there as Google correctly assumed that's a very very very common use case for googling the name of a movie.

[-] cheddar@programming.dev 4 points 3 months ago

IMDB I can accept, random news websites - no.

[-] Geth@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 3 months ago

Kagi has all these options as well but everything can be disabled in the settings.

[-] modifier@lemmy.ca 3 points 3 months ago

I had the identical reaction. Thanks OP for posting this repellent screenshot. So glad I changed my defaults.

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