Duck Duck Go

[mwilson]

Anyone else using the "Duck Duck Go" app on your phones and PC's??

I plan on loading it on today, I am tired of looking at Broan Range Hoods on the Home Depot site and then having ads pour in for the next month regarding range hoods for example.

It's none of their damn business.....

 

[KRSmitty]

Been using it for several years on my PC...Set up as my default search engine. No problems.

I also use AdBlock to keep the ads out...

 

[HPSimpson]

I also been using for about four years use on borh Win7 Pro and Win 10 Pro.

 

[Larry Willard]

Been using it for years.

 

[DHayden]

I heard of it a few years ago but only used it a few times. Started using it at home and work a few weeks ago, google is the devil lol.

 

[jhenderson]

I think you fellas aught to do a little research into who your funding when you use D.D.G. You may be surprised at who they give $$$ to and how they limit your search.

 

[Wayne M.]

I use bing. I don’t think it’s as bad as Google.

 

[GW208]

The tech writer in our local paper had an article about the Brave browser a couple of months ago and recommended it. I've been using it on an old Mac for a couple of months and really like it. I switch back to Safari now and then but use Brave probably 90% of the time. My wife has been using it on her PC also and can't believe the difference in ads.

https://www.eastbaytimes.com/2019/07/26/magid-2/

 

[Wayne M.]

On the PC, I use Firefox as a browser. I’ve been very happy with that for a while. Recently I bought a new laptop and decided to use IE, but I think I’m going back to Firefox.

 

[Wayne M.]

And now, with the recent developments on this site, with my mobile IOS and the ad issue, I’m really considering Firefox for Apple now too.

 

[seafish]

Duck works fine for me ALMOST all of the time (say 98%)
If I am in a rush and looking for something harder to find,
I simply switch over to Google, which ALWAYS seems to find what I am looking for right off the bat.
The I switch back to using Duck.

 

[KATOOM]

Been using DDG for years. As seafish mentions, it can sometimes be more difficult to find certain things you're looking for than using Google because DDG only gives you the best results based on the parameters of the search criteria. Google instead will give you the most common results and the most biased results based on their algorithm...not your search criteria.
Dont believe me? Try it for yourself. Search various things (especially politically motivated searches) and see what you get with each search engine.
Most people dont know that Google can tailor search results just like a librarian can offer you the books they like over what you're possibly looking for.
And...businesses can buy their way to the front of the Google list too because everyone knows that 99% of people only look on the first search page. Its rare anyone checks out whats on page 2...or farther. So being on the first page is critical to business traffic.

 

[KRSmitty]

Since browsers have been mentioned...I'm assuming there are browsers better than Chrome? I occasionally use opera, but seems to be slower especially when it is in vpn mode.