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I'm out of the loop on DDG, what did they do?
[Edited by the commenter to remove incorrect information, see below.] I'm not sure if anything else has come up since then though, and I've continued using DDG, just not for any sort of news or information on current events. I mainly use a search engine for dev stuff anyways.
I think rather than either or, it just ranks things differently and doesn't give the best results.
I also remember during the height of COVID, antivax people were saying to use DDG because their random blogs and conspiracy YouTube videos were closer to the top compared to google.
Do you have a source for that?
Apart from that, the results are often pretty terrible unless you use the exact terms from whatever page you're trying to find. I've also seen a lot of people stating that search results keep changing every time they refresh the page as well.
Does anyone have a source?
Probably not, because it's a lie.
Where does that page state that their claim isn't true? All it states is "We don't track you" but it doesn't say that they don't allow other companies to track you instead.
I've been using DDG, and Ecosia. So I looked to see what was up with DDG. From what I'm reading, I'll keep using DDG.
May 25, 2022 An article in TechRadar, and another on The Register mention an inability to block Microsoft trackers on DDG.
https://www.techradar.com/news/duckduckgo-in-hot-water-over-hidden-tracking-agreement-with-microsoft
https://www.theregister.com/2022/05/25/duckduckgo_browser_microsoft_privacy/
August 5, 2022 A TEchCRunch article describes DDG's efforts to block advertising requests and other tracking protections
https://techcrunch.com/2022/08/05/duckduckgo-microsoft-tracking-scripts/
May 12, 2023 Reuters article "No deal between DuckDuckGo and Microsoft to track users online"
https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSL1N3792HE/
"Independent experts say that DuckDuckGo blocks known tracking scripts from loading to prevent vulnerable personal identifiers from being exposed, including Microsoft-owned scripts. A separate partnership with Microsoft for advertising on DuckDuckGo’s search results page is limited to ad placements, not tracking users or building profiles, a DuckDuckGo spokesperson said."
Further, "Users sharing the headline, “Google Lite: DuckDuckGo Signs Secret Deal with Bill Gates to Track Users Online” in April 2023 can be seen (here) and (here).
The headline belonged to a story that first appeared on NewsPunch on May 25, 2022 (here), which now redirects to The People’s Voice (the two are affiliated) (here) (here).
The original article was published before DuckDuckGo eliminated, in August 2022, an exception that did permit some Microsoft-owned tracking scripts on websites to send data to Microsoft."
Links are in the article cited.
The only thing I can find is they allow MS trackers in their browser. Which isn't great, but doesn't matter if you only use their search.
Do you have a source?
That's kind of spreading misinformation though right?
I'm still using it but it was fun when they had something along the lines of "your privacy is safe with us. Also, wanna leave your email?" 😅
I am thinking of migrating to Kagi now, because search in DDG is often meh
A long ago they had drama for apparently leaking user information to microsoft— but that was a while ago. Really they were accused of having biased results.