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I think duckduckgo often becomes an alternative that isn't an alternative, in the sense yes its there, you are frustrated with Google's behavior and you persist
by throw2016 10y ago
I think duckduckgo often becomes an alternative that isn't an alternative, in the sense yes its there, you are frustrated with Google's behavior and you persist for a whole day and then have to revert back to Google with tail behind legs so it's more of an alternative in name.
With the sheer scope of Google properties there is always going to be a tempation for 'value searchers' within the organization to give in to dark patterns and compromise users. I have been trying Yandex search and email and its fairly decent. Email is good, search appears to be a much more serious offering compared to duckduckgo but still some way to go.
However we need diversity and decentralization to prevent concentration and inevitable abuse of power.
- pmyjavec 10y agoTo be honest DuckDuckGo is fine, you just need to put a little extra effort in. I'll admit it takes some getting used to but I happily use it now. Also as others have stated the 'sp!' bang is handy.
- icebraining 10y agoStartPage is a mystery to me; they say they're "enhanced by Google", but what does Google get out of providing their search results to a competitor?
- singularity2001 10y agoAlso heard rumors about StartPage being very shady. Would be nice to get some confirmation on this or to learn that it was only a campaign by competitors. Google for "StartPage malware" ;)
- Mystrl 10y agoput a little extra effort in So it's hopeless then. You're never going to convince anything resembling a sizable portion of the population to put in more effort for no easily appreciable benefit.