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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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[–] Auth@lemmy.world 9 points 12 hours ago (3 children)

Thats depressing. % stats like this always oversell it. There are probably not many people installing duckduckgo so a 30% increase is a small handful of users. I'd expect like 500% if there was actual pushback.

[–] lightnsfw@reddthat.com 6 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

I for one don't install any search engines. I don't see a point in doing so.

[–] lando55@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 hour ago

Hey does anyone else remember the days of helping your relatives figure out why their computer is so slow and you fire up their browser and see like nine search bars installed?

[–] themurphy@lemmy.ml 12 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

Unfortunatly there will not be an actual pushback, because most people will always prefer convinience above almost anything else.

Even facts.

I know so many people who will use ChatGPT fully knowing it might be wrong. They dont care.

Scary, right?

[–] brucethemoose@lemmy.world 2 points 2 hours ago

Or that it's a supremely scummy and buggy, even compared to other LLM frontends.

[–] markko@lemmy.world 2 points 11 hours ago

50 million+ installs on Android, so it's not a tiny number.