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[–] 16 points 5 months ago

This is what you get when you have middle manglement actually make decisions.

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  • [–] 15 points 5 months ago

    Ah the Valve strategy of, “wait until your competitors decide to see what shotgun tastes like”.

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  • [+] 13 points 5 months ago (1 child)
  • [–] 10 points 5 months ago*

    Google as a company is a colossal waste of time, talent and resources.

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  • [–] 6 points 5 months ago

    DDG isn't as accurate as I'd like, but at this point it's good enough with how awful Google searching hs become.

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    [–] 24 points 5 months ago (4 children)

    They "love" AI mode. Just like everyone "loved" Google+.

    I wonder if Alphabet's investors realise when they're being lied to like that.

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  • [–] 7 points 5 months ago (3 children)

    I think I'm the only person who liked Google+, lmao. Like it wasn't amazing but it was fun and had some neat features.

    And the investors don't care so long as line goes up.

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  • [–] 2 points 5 months ago

    I agree it was a way better setup than Facebook. Being able to target posts to specific "circles" was great, and really solved the issue millennials saw when all their parents were suddenly allowed to join FB and killed the vibe.

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  • [–] 5 points 5 months ago (4 children)

    I switched my phone search months ago.

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  • [–] 6 points 5 months ago (3 children)

    I wish my phone allowed noai DDG by default.

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  • [–] 6 points 5 months ago

    Go to your browser settings and to the Search section. There will be somewhere in there to add a new search engine. Add in 'https://noai.duckduckgo.com/?q=%25s' then set it as your default.

    You should be able to do the same if you're using a search widget directly from your launcher as well.

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  • [+] 4 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 child)
  • [–] 0 points 5 months ago

    Note deleting cookies clears those settings

    The day I allow any website permanently store cookies on my device is the day I die. Thanks for the tip, though.

    This actually got to me the other day because Dropout is the only streaming service I use, and they bizarrely track show progress with cookies. If I hadn’t found a workaround that would have been the end of that.

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  • [–] -4 points 5 months ago* (2 children)

    I switch between the two depending on what I'm looking for but I've been leaning towards DuckDuckGo. The only problem with DuckDuckGo is that it actually works like a search engine so I have to go back to Google when I wanna find an obscure reddit post that solves my issue because it's the best way to search for tech problems through Reddit. That's literally all Google is these days, AI and Reddit.

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