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After 3 or so years using DDG full-time, it’s a shock landing back on Google and realising how many ads there are. Out of everything on the first page of a rec
by mattkevan 7y ago
After 3 or so years using DDG full-time, it’s a shock landing back on Google and realising how many ads there are.
Out of everything on the first page of a recent search, there were only 8 actual results - everything else was an ad.
DDG feels to me like Google did when it first launched - simple, fast and unobtrusive. A world away from the incumbents, like AltaVista and Yahoo, that were intent on becoming ‘portals’, owning every moment of a user’s online activity.
Google has become a portal.
- jcomis 7y agoDo you not use an adblocker?
- onlyrealcuzzo 7y agoCurious. What adblocker are you using? I use an AdBlock Plus & uBlock Origin, and when I Google something -- by default -- basically my entire search is ads. Do you need to add some configuration to uBlock Origin or AdBlock Plus? Are you in the US? I just use DuckDuckGo instead on Desktop. But since I have an Android phone, it's just easier to use Google.
- DuskStar 7y agoWait, do you use AdBlock Plus AND uBlock Origin at the same time? That might be your problem - when I run uBlock Origin alone it blocks all those Google search ads. AdBlock Plus has a program where they allow companies to buy spots on their ad whitelist, and I imagine that's interfering with uBlock Origin's more absolutist stance.