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DuckDuckGo makes its 'no-AI' search engine easier to access as its traffic booms | TechCrunch (techcrunch.com)
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without stupid adblockblock https://archive.is/whZuI

also i wouldn't install their extension just for that, you can edit your default search engine to anu address you want in the settings

browser extensions are a huge privacy risk and i wouldn't trust ddg with my data because of their Microsoft deal, not to block their trackers (they reverted that part after the backlash) in the ddg browser and to only show msn under their news tab in regular ddg

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[–] kurikai@lemmy.world 66 points 1 day ago (2 children)

would be great if it could also not show links to ai generated content websites

[–] Mensh123@lemmy.world 2 points 5 hours ago

DuckDuckGo actually tries to downrank them. It's just that there's no way ts tell for sure, especially for computers.

[–] Truscape@lemmy.blahaj.zone 37 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Combo it with Ublock Origin and use their AI site blocklist.

[–] CovertOperative@piefed.zip 16 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I didn't see a list like that in the Ublock Origin settings. Is it an importable list and do you have a link?

[–] Truscape@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago) (1 children)

It's built in the filters list, under Annoyances>Huge AI Blocklist. There's two different ones (the larger "nuclear variant" might slow down search a bit).

[–] JayGray91@piefed.social 1 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

Sorry, I'm still not seeing it. Firefox says uBO is already updated. image

[–] Truscape@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

Here's the direct home link, although it's built into the list on my Waterfox and IronWolf installs.

[–] JayGray91@piefed.social 1 points 5 hours ago

Thanks.

Waterfox and IronWolf installs

Maybe that's why. I use Zen. Perhaps Waterfox and IronWolf already have uBO installed by default and added that AI block list?