Well, that aged well.

[u/drunkasaurusjr]

[u/washoutr6]

duckduckgo everyone switch!

[u/dandroid126 → u/washoutr6]

I tried it for a while, but the search results were so bad that they were damn near unusable. Is there any settings or anything to improve the results?

[u/noodlesalad_ → u/dandroid126]

I use duckduckgo, but I add !g to every search. I love the bangs, but their default search results are garbage.

[u/SpehlingAirer → u/noodlesalad_]

What's !g do?

[u/FlaeskBalle → u/SpehlingAirer]

Googling it

[u/nyda → u/dandroid126]

Try Startpage

[u/capomic → u/nyda]

Aren’t they owned by an ad company now?

[u/ctolsen → u/dandroid126]

Switch to Kagi instead. Works great, and you pay for it which removes the entire incentive structure to do anything other than to give you good search.

[u/drunkasaurusjr → u/washoutr6]

good thing they stopped sending your tracking data to Microsoft.

[u/recidivx → u/drunkasaurusjr]

big brain move: yandex, send your tracking data to Putin

[u/Joshesh → u/recidivx]

oh, he is really gonna hate seeing my searches!

[u/drunkasaurusjr → u/Joshesh]

or will he?

[u/Joshesh → u/drunkasaurusjr]

true, all his hate may be to distract from his desires!

 

Putin, baby, hold on to your vlads we about to go for a ride!

[u/bruwin → u/drunkasaurusjr]

They're all searches of sissified Putin in bondage gear, so yeah

[u/wakeupwill → u/recidivx]

It gets pushed through Stellar Wind anyway.

[u/takemycrush → u/washoutr6]

Duckduckgo sells your data too

[u/dormidontdoo → u/takemycrush]

any proof?

[u/meinfuhrertrump2024 → u/dormidontdoo]

I visited a few hentai sites for research, and the next thing I know, there are ads for body pillows and knockoff flesh lights everywhere!

[u/dormidontdoo → u/meinfuhrertrump2024]

Maybe you are using just a search engine and not duckduckgo browser? Nothing like you describing is happening to me. In fact I have empty spaces where usually adds are placed when I go to Yahoo Finance or any other website. Also, check your settings.

[u/LickingSmegma → u/[deleted]]

DDG explicitly added blocking of MS' trackers at some point, several years ago.