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.morgan1mo ago

Different strokes for different folks, Google just works better for me.

the_leo1mo 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?

price.ben1mo agoOG Member

Right on, totally get it. Google just always gives me what I need faster than anything else I've tried.