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Weaker... According to whom? I particularly use DDG on my personal devices and only occasionally go to Google. Whenever I'm using a machine that use Google as t
by danielrpa 5y ago
Weaker... According to whom? I particularly use DDG on my personal devices and only occasionally go to Google. Whenever I'm using a machine that use Google as the default, I often go back to DDG to get results unspoiled by the bias pushed by Google's agenda, SEO and paid ads.
But answering your question, it could let the user choose their search engine as part of the onboarding experience while providing a random preselected default.
- shukantpal 5y agoHow many people actually want to switch from Google?
- supermatt 5y agoI think the bigger question is how many people would notice a switch? My family members now "google" stuff on DDG. Google are paying tens of billions to keep them in the "default" dominant position because they know this.
- Smashure 5y agoGoogle results have fallen dramatically in terms of quality. I’d switch from current Google to Google circa 2018
- CodeGlitch 5y agoI've been using Brave: https://search.brave.com/ https://search.brave.com/ For my usage it gives good results, and it has the added bonus of providing links to google et al when you scroll down the results (it assumes that if the first page of results isn't good enough then the user will go elsewhere, so why not provide links to the other search engines?).
- coldcode 5y agoWouldn't it be cheaper for Apple to just buy DDG or Brave?
- CodeGlitch 5y agoI think you might be right.
- bryan0 5y agoI wanted to try brave, but it’s not even an option for safari iOS search main search bar! Only options are Google, yahoo, bing, ddg, and ecosia
- CodeGlitch 5y agoCould you set it as your home-page? Obviously not as nice as going via the URL-bar, but at least you'll be able to get a taste of it.
- bryan0 5y agoYes but honestly if it’s not in the url bar I’m not going to use it.
- abrowne 5y ago+1 for Brave search. I had used DDG for a couple years before and it was fine, but Brave actually seems good. (I don't like their font but that's an easy fix with userstyles.)