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EDIIT :

Apparently, there is an issue with the warning request to disable the ad blocker

I use Fennec F-Droid and Cromite, and I don't see this issue.

to get around the adblocker warning, use this link.

https://unwall.app/techcrunch.com/2026/05/26/duckduckgo-installs-are-up-30-as-users-reject-being-force-fed-googles-ai-search/

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[–] cyberpunk007@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] silentjohn@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

You can use Brave search without using Brave. It's also, to my knowledge, the only major search engine that doesn't use google or microsoft.

[–] cyberpunk007@lemmy.ca 1 points 22 hours ago

There's also searx and that paid one but I don't have any desire to log into a search engine so my results can be logged either 🫠