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DuckDuckGo installs are up 30% as users reject being ‘force-fed’ Google’s AI Search (techcrunch.com)
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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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[–] kalpol@lemmy.ca 2 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

I just run an update when that happened and it fixes itself.

[–] dantheclamman@lemmy.world 1 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

Yes, in the last few months they got it right. But there was a long period, maybe half a year where they could not get Google search to work

[–] kalpol@lemmy.ca 1 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

Not to sound too facetious, but is that really a negative these days?

[–] dantheclamman@lemmy.world 1 points 10 hours ago

It just is nice to have Google results in there. I find that's the coolest part of searxng, showing when the different indexers corroborate each other as important.