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DuckDuckGo vs Google: I switched for a month and the difference was scary
I finally got sick of Google tracking EVERYTHING I do online. So last month I switched to DuckDuckGo on both my phone and laptop. At first it felt weird not getting those creepy targeted ads, but after 3 weeks I realized how much data Google was hoarding. I looked up one thing about a weird cough and suddenly got ads for cold medicine for 2 days straight. With DuckDuckGo I just get search results, no tracking, no profiles. The privacy upgrade is way better than I expected, but the search results are sometimes weaker. Has anyone else noticed Google results are just getting worse compared to the privacy trade-off?
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nguyen.morgan4mo ago
Different strokes for different folks, Google just works better for me.
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the_leo4mo ago
Respect that preference for sure. Google's search results just feel cleaner and more direct to me too. Do you ever try Bing just for the rewards points?
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sethfoster2mo ago
Tried Bing for the rewards for like a month. Got a couple gift cards. But the search results just felt cluttered. Went straight back to Google.
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price.ben4mo ago
Right on, totally get it. Google just always gives me what I need faster than anything else I've tried.
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