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I think duckduckgo works like google should. That's why I changed , and will never go back.
by code_pockets 15y ago
I think duckduckgo works like google should.
That's why I changed , and will never go back.
- glimcat 15y agoUsing bang syntax in the address bar is awesome. I still use Google fairly often, but via DDG. It shaves about 30 seconds off of the time it takes me to get a result. Most search tasks I do are "hand me that spanner" tasks. I don't want you to give me a big spiel about how great your business is or to show me how thoroughly you can erase all semblance of privacy via data mining - I just want the damn spanner so I can get back to work. I switched to Google in the first place because they did the best job of getting the right spanner with the least amount of fuss. They're getting much worse at choosing the right spanner vs. feeding me a bunch of spam and ad content, and they're simultaneously taking longer to do it.
- code_pockets 15y agoAgreed. I also use DDG in the same way you mention, though only going to google for the rare image I can't find anywhere else (which is about once a month). Such is the reason why I'm always promoting DDG to others. It just works. I plan to contribute (code) to DDG as soon as I finish some open source projects I'm working on. They openly invited hackers to create stuff for them, which is a fantastic idea.