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A lot of people praise DDG and I'm also one using it as a default search engine, but it's not exactly clear how much independent it is. I've started to consider
by rakoo 7y ago
A lot of people praise DDG and I'm also one using it as a default search engine, but it's not exactly clear how much independent it is. I've started to consider using Cliqz (https://cliqz.com/ https://cliqz.com/) as an alternative or at least a parallel experiment; they claim to be totally independent and to care for user privacy at least as much as DDG does.
Does any other HNer have experience with their search result ? I'm still not using it enough to have a reliable conclusion of my own.
- camgunz 7y agoI've been using DDG pretty exclusively for over a year, and I have no complaints. It also handles pretty tough searches reasonably well. Maybe I'm not a power user or whatever, but DDG works so well for me I'm not even enticed by Google's search (especially w/ the redesigns). I think of it less as a "real" search engine and more of a data gathering trap--meaning that aspect of it is more significant than its search result quality.