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DuckDuckGo installs are up 30% as users reject being ‘force-fed’ Google’s AI Search (techcrunch.com)
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[–] 6 points 5 months ago* (2 children)

Yeah I'm not a big fan of DDG either... it's powered by Bing so hardly surprising it isn't great. And Microsoft isn't any less evil than Google.

Presearch is the best I've found - just a nice, basic search - but it's a little slow and has some cryptoshit background so I'm open to alternatives. Ecosia is greenwashing bullshit afaik.

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  • [–] -1 points 5 months ago (1 child)

    ecosia literally isn't greenwashing

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  • [–] 5 points 5 months ago*

    It literally has an AI function lmao

    The environmental search engine has an environment-killing function that no one needs. They also partner with Google and Microsoft, both avid environment-murderers.

    But yeah sure bro, plant a few trees, that'll offset everything I'm sure.

    And their search results are powered by Bing, so it won't be any better than DDG anyway.

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