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Are people mostly positive about this? I was already using DDG - then I get an unexpected pop up asking for permission to rewrite everything. I think we should
by TimMurnaghan 9y ago
Are people mostly positive about this? I was already using DDG - then I get an unexpected pop up asking for permission to rewrite everything. I think we should develop a reflex to routinely refuse to give popups permission - so now I've lost DDG in the search bar.
I would much rather that it stayed as a non-evil search provider rather than bundling ABP/Ghostery. Maybe I'm in a minority wanting separation of concerns?
Or maybe it really is better than ABP and Ghostery and I've missed it by being put off by the delivery mechanism?
- edraferi 9y agohmm you should be able to use DDG in your search bar without using the extension. Just add them as a search provider. Here are instructions to do so in Chrome: http://www.omgchrome.com/duckduckgo-chrome-chrome-os/ http://www.omgchrome.com/duckduckgo-chrome-chrome-os/
- yegg 9y agoI'm sorry for putting you off. The intention is to have all the privacy essentials in one package, and make those essentials each best in class. Over the coming months we will explain more about how we're doing so and why we think that is the case. Right now though know that it is doing more than just tracker blocking and private search: it is also upgrading encryption where possible and exposing poor privacy practices when known. In any case though, I understand if you feel you are covered with other extensions and just want search. In that case, you don't really need a DuckDuckGo extension and can set the search via these instructions: https://duckduckgo.com/install https://duckduckgo.com/install
- nedt 9y agoI'd still be nice if the omnibox search can be changed. That's the reason I've removed the extension after 15 minutes. I have my own search service with a couple of keywords I need all the time. The fallback/default search is ddg anyway.