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0 pointspbhjpbhj5y ago0 comments

It took me something like 6 years, but I've gone over to DDG. Their results were poorer than Google's for me, so when I tried to switch I used to end up repeating and adding !g to every search. I don't think DDG got better, but Google results are bad enough that I think they're equal in quality now (for me). I don't login to Google, have tracking disabled, use uBlock and pihole; FF/Brave.

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jedberg5y ago

> I don't login to Google, have tracking disabled, use uBlock and pihole; FF/Brave.

I mean, that's probably why they are equivalent for you. You've chosen privacy over better results (which is a totally legit choice to make!).

pbhjpbhjOP5y ago

Well it's hard to tell objectively but it seems to have got worse without me changing the privacy settings. I guess that's their quid pro quo though.

holler5y ago

I concur that both the UI/UX has gone down and the results themselves are feeling less reliable.

Have you tried viewing pages past the first page? Often times it's just filled with what looks like foreign hacker scam websites.

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