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usonian

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5. I have been using duckduckgo.com
Thu Jul 9, 2026, 12:14 AM
23 hrs ago

Sure, it inserts ads as "native" search results, and sometimes goes WAY off base.

Like, I'll be looking up some scientific term and almost always, the top results are recent movies.

So I send them flaming feedback. I just am pressed for time (that stew will be made tomorrow, not tonight) for trying others. Results are very similar to Bing.

DDG clears its logs daily. Google NEVER FORGETS anything you do or search, and sells the data or hands it to any government person who asks.

DuckDuckGo explicitly lets you reject AI results (some sneak through) for sites and images.

I have used startpage.com but found it clunky to use. An optional extra layer of obfuscation (someone else explain it)

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