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[Solved] Is Duckduckgo slowing down? (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) by fin@sh.itjust.works to c/duckduckgo@lemmy.world

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tldr; After some research I found that including ?kbg=-1 to the url disables the AI feature. So, you can disable AI permanently using the following as your search engine configuration (which is available at least on Librewolf)

https://duckduckgo.com/search?q=%25s&kbg=-1

or you can temporary disable the feature by including -noai to your search query.

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Been using ddg for over 4 years and I feel it is getting slower these days. Or is it just me?

Startpage and other search engines loads fine. Also, I'm using Librewolf so the problem is not the cache.

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[–] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Is the AI on?

I don't stay signed in, don't even have an account, and I've noticed it randomly pops up sometimes and it takes a second, others it skips it and it's instant.

[–] Zachariah@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

add -noai to your searches to make sure it’s off even if you’re not signed in (and in private browsing)

[–] fin@sh.itjust.works 3 points 9 months ago

This was the problem. With noai it started loading very quick. Thank you so much.

I really didn't mean to say AI bad through this post but... this is horrible