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Can you please elaborate as to the issue -- I'm having trouble understanding exactly what is going on. If it is easier, you can email me directly at yegg at duc

• Raphmedia 9y ago
  Problem A: 1) Install App on chrome 2) Do a search using the browser's address bar 3) A dialog with the text "is this the search engine you expected" appears. 4) Click the button to revert to previous settings. 5) App is now uninstalled. --- Problem B: 1) Install App on chrome 2) Go to chrome://settings/ 3) Scroll to "Search engine used in the address bar" 4) Unable to change the settings as Chrome says "DuckDuckGo Privacy Essentials is controlling this setting". 5) Click "Disable" in the hope that the app will still be installed but with a different default search engine. 6) Entire app is disabled.
  • fencepost 9y ago
    OK, so when the Extension is installed in Chrome it takes over the omnibox search, directs it to DDG, and does not allow it to be changed. Put differently, to get the features like tracker blocking, privacy policy scoring, etc. you must also be using DDG for search. I'd call that something that probably should be changed, or at least changeable in the options.
    • yegg 9y ago
      Unfortunately, this is currently the way Chrome works. We're looking for a way around it, but it looks like they changed this behavior sometime last year. In other browsers you can easily use another search engine without disabling the entire thing.