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DuckDuckGo installs are up 30% as users reject being ‘force-fed’ Google’s AI Search (techcrunch.com)
submitted 16 hours ago* (last edited 15 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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[–] oce@jlai.lu 20 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago) (3 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

[–] Prathas@lemmy.zip 1 points 13 minutes ago* (last edited 11 minutes ago)

Why... do you need to go through DDG for this? You can just set those custom search engines yourself in the browser without routing through DDG. They let you put any link (with %s in place of the query's location in the URL) and almost any keybinding. I have w set to attempt to pull up the direct Wikipedia article on the query, c for Google Contacts, m for Google Maps (ugh, I've gotta figure out a way outta these Google snares...), etc.

[–] Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works 5 points 5 hours ago

This should be a YSK post

[–] Excrubulent@slrpnk.net 4 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago)

O_o I had no idea. This is really useful.