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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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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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[–] 1984@lemmy.today -1 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago) (1 children)

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.

[–] Axolotl_cpp@feddit.it 1 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago) (1 children)

Is the search engine open source? Is it self-hostable? If the a answer to both questions, especially the first is no, then it can be easly ignored tbh, and Kagi is also paid so it's really a bad suggestion (unless you mention it), people ain't gonna switch from free to paid that easly.

I have to pay someone and then hope that they don't sell my data? Hell nah;

Before you say anything releated to DDG: no, i am not saying you should choose DDG, that it's the better decision, the next best search engine, what i said is unreleated to DDG specifically

[–] 1984@lemmy.today 1 points 52 seconds ago* (last edited 14 seconds ago)

Well, I think its different for different users, with different economy and different motivations.

Kagi has 70000 paying members, enough to be profitable without any ads or tracking. Since the results are literally Googles results but without ads, AI results or tracking, it's worth paying for for some people who can.

Ive been a paying member since 2023 and I feel good about supporting alternatives to Google with some lunch money. :)

But we are all different. When I was a teenager I wouldn't have payed for this. Had no money and wanted my money for other things.