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DuckDuckGo installs are up 30% as users reject being ‘force-fed’ Google’s AI Search (techcrunch.com)
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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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[–] escapedgoat@lemmy.world 8 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

I use DuckDuckGo as my primary search engine and have for a while. But I have noticed lately that every time I search for something, it almost always only returns product pages. I don't know if this is effective SEO or a way of DDG monetizing their search. But unfortunately I've been looking for alternatives just because it's so frustrating when searching for information to get nothing back but a bunch of sites trying to sell you their product.

[–] 7101334@lemmy.world 6 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago) (1 children)

Yeah I'm not a big fan of DDG either... it's powered by Bing so hardly surprising it isn't great. And Microsoft isn't any less evil than Google.

Presearch is the best I've found - just a nice, basic search - but it's a little slow and has some cryptoshit background so I'm open to alternatives. Ecosia is greenwashing bullshit afaik.

[–] pewgar_seemsimandroid@lemmy.blahaj.zone 0 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

ecosia literally isn't greenwashing

[–] 7101334@lemmy.world 5 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago)

It literally has an AI function lmao

The environmental search engine has an environment-killing function that no one needs. They also partner with Google and Microsoft, both avid environment-murderers.

But yeah sure bro, plant a few trees, that'll offset everything I'm sure.

And their search results are powered by Bing, so it won't be any better than DDG anyway.