• Plopp@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    They said as useful as Google. Not that Google gives objectively very useful results. And I agree with them. I use DuckDuckGo every day and pretty much every time I have to add !g to send my query to Google because the DDG results are shit in comparison.

    I’m talking about on the desktop btw. With adblocking and script blocking. I accidentally used Google on my phone yesterday and I think I got cancer.

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      1 year ago

      What’s the difference between using !g and going to Google directly?

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        1 year ago

        The results are still tailored to you on Google, based on past usage and tracking history. They aren’t with a bang.

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          1 year ago

          This is incorrect.

          DDG just just performs a simple redirect to Google with the query, where the latter has access to cookies, past usage (especially if one is logged in to Google), etc.

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              1 year ago

              Yes. The !bangs in DDG are for convenience and not for privacy. The convenience of not opening the intended website, and typing/pasting the query to perform the search.