doboprobodyne , 8 months ago to technology in How Google Alters Search Queries to Get at Your Wallet - WIRED

Nice to see #Google hamstring themselves; they're seen as a #search engine benchmark, so this makes it easier for #DuckDuckGo (which uses #Bing to provide it's search answers, if I understand correctly) to edge up on them in the rankings... #DDG #searchEngine #Alphabet #surveillanceCapitalism

PeterBronez , 9 months ago to technology in Unlimited Kagi searches for $10 per month | Kagi Blog

@abaci @mojo 100% worth it for me.

I switched from Google to #DDG to #Kagi. Even if the results were exactly the same, Kagi is FAST. The whole experience is very snappy.

Beyond that:

• All your DDG bangs work, and you can add custom bangs

• They have some neat AI summarization features.

• You can manually boost/penalize/block domains

• Lenses focus your search on particular kinds of sites

duckHunter , 10 months ago to android in Purism ghosts Librem 5 customer, lies about refund policy - AVOID!

@Remontoire @serenitynot I can attest Purism’s lack of integrity & lack of professionalism.

A #DuckDuckGo audit project was created on the #Purism git repo. They spontaneously & silently deleted the whole project (data & accounts) without warning. They also said nothing after the sabotage. This was the project that was the basis for these findings:

http://techrights.org/2021/03/15/duckduckgo-in-2021/

The project existed as an effort to test the merit/wisdom of the #Librem making #DDG the default search engine.