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DuckDuckGo installs are up 30% as users reject being ‘force-fed’ Google’s AI Search (techcrunch.com)
submitted 12 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago) by throws_lemy@lemmy.nz to c/technology@lemmy.world
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EDIIT :

Apparently, there is an issue with the warning request to disable the ad blocker

I use Fennec F-Droid and Cromite, and I don't see this issue.

to get around the adblocker warning, use this link.

https://unwall.app/techcrunch.com/2026/05/26/duckduckgo-installs-are-up-30-as-users-reject-being-force-fed-googles-ai-search/

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[–] scytale@piefed.zip 78 points 9 hours ago (2 children)

More people will probably switch when they figure out they don't need to install anything and can change their default search engine on their current browser.

[–] IratePirate@feddit.org 28 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

More people will probably switch when they figure out they don't need to install anything and can change their default search engine on their current browser.

FTFY

[–] YawningNostalgia@thelemmy.club 12 points 9 hours ago (3 children)

Thank you for this! I changed to duckduckgo just now and it took 5 seconds. Now to see if it works as well as Google.

[–] 1984@lemmy.today 1 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

It doesn't and when you discover that, try Kagi.

People here love things to be free and in doing so, they recommend worse search engines.

[–] oce@jlai.lu 17 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago) (2 children)

The bangs are the addictive feature for me. You start by typing !w lemmy in the URL bar, with DDG already configured as the default search engine, and DDG will directly serve the search result for this term from Wikipedia. There are hundreds of them like !yt for YouTube or !gm for Google Maps, and the acronyms are intuitive. https://duckduckgo.com/bangs

[–] Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 hours ago

This should be a YSK post

[–] Excrubulent@slrpnk.net 2 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago)

O_o I had no idea. This is really useful.

[–] IratePirate@feddit.org 15 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

Happy to help - feel free to spread the word!

You can also set up the ai-free search, noai.duckduckgo.com, as a custom search engine.

[–] TheGoldenV@lemmy.world 5 points 8 hours ago

Whoa, that’s great news. Thanks for that!

[–] Kazel@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 8 hours ago

that is on level that i meanwhile believe 90% of people can't handle or even understand