So #DuckDuckGo have a browser. Well - let's give it a spin. Do we add this to PUP list? Installed it on a brand new stock Windows laptop. The first thing you get is some sort of induction/onboarding screen, 1 of 4 - groan ok, first page obvious information, second page ... a video... I can't see how to stop this and just start using the browser, because tempus fugit. Nope. Onboard or Uninstall that is your options. Uninstalled.
@anna_lillith@organicmaps@peertube : using "!g" before a search in duckduckgo or kagi makes the search on Google for you (in case you really need the Google results for this one).
There are many others (called "bangs" on duckduckgo). Cannot live without them anymore ;-)
Potestowałem tego chata AI z DuckDuckGo i jest bezużyteczny. Okroili go z wielu rzeczy, prywatności, nieszkodzenia nikomu, nawet kodu Morse'a nie odszyfruje. #DuckDuckGo#chatAI
Folks, I know… I use Duck Duck Go also but remember they have venture capital. Enjoy it while it lasts (or let’s fund and build alternatives differently that aren’t temporary businesses with profit motives and exits but commons-owned institutions working for the common good).
@aral Aral, are you familiar with Stract (a search engine that is F/OSS)? It seems neat and has interesting features, but I haven't had time to investigate if it is what it appears to be https://stract.com.about
@Fury@aral There's a huge table of search engines, all compared by tracking, organizational type (for-profit, non-profit, collective, hobby, personal), jurisdiction (US, countries in Europe, etc.), various safety ratings, and technical features at https://searchengine.party/
All of these can be added to a browser as a default search engine too, but it's a little convoluted. (The gist: Visit the site, right click on the URL bar, add it. Look in browser settings under search and set it as default.)
So it seems that #DuckDuckGo was down for the last few hours because of a #Bing outage. That's very annoying; DDG should probably get out from under Microsoft's coat tails...
@Mojeek I would love to see the looks on the faces of all those who decided to argue with me when I told them their favourite search engine was just a Bing clone!
Or that chap who said that Duck Duck Go was a meta-search. When I asked him what sources other than Bing it searched … he fell silent!
I've tried in multiple browsers, both with and without plugins enabled, yet DuckDuckGo is still failing to provide search results (here, at least) just responding;
There was an error displaying the search results. Please try again.
It's been this way for several hours. Anyone else seeing the same? I'm in the UK.
@Yoss1960@smallcircles@helma openverse instead of pixabay might improve things (you can do this via the dropdown on the results page or permanently in preferences)