It's fine. Websites break on it less often than I would have expected and the “nuke your cookies and history" button is a fun feature. I've mostly moved to Firefox, though, just to get away from Chromium (although I realize the irony in that; my fingerprint is almost assuredly far more unique than if I stuck to Chromium).
The only way I've used duckduckgo browser is for tracking protection feature and to get anti tracking email address. For internet browsing I prefer Mull
It's an internet privacy company that offers a variety of products to help protect your privacy, most notably a browser extension and it's own private search engine.
Based on the search results, it appears that the DuckDuckGo browser does not use Chromium. Instead, it uses Apple's WebKit rendering system , which is the same rendering engine used by Apple's Safari browser. DuckDuckGo has chosen to use WebKit instead of Chromium or Blink, the fork of WebKit used by Chromium-based browsers.
I like the browser. It never seems to break anything. My father uses it also. However, I must use Firefox with its built in Enhanced Tracking Protection in strict mode specifically to prevent Chrome domination.
It's the only browser I use. I like it because the only links I open are if I click a news article or something on social, and it auto-nukes history and cookies.
I like it. I tend to use it more than Firefox recently. It seems to load most sites faster.
Not having a bunch of tabs remain open all the time is great. FF refuses to close them no matter what setting I use, and I always forget about them so it'll have like ten tabs in the background for no reason.
I also dgaf about what I searched for or where I went previously, so not having a history is great.
It is a good browser, but wouldnt get my location on degoogled lineage so i went to fennec. I submitted an issue to the ddg github about it and the response (after 3 months) was to brush me off because it worked fine with play services. Not encouraging for sure.
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burnedoutfordfiesta@lemmy.world · 20 pts · 3y
It's fine. Websites break on it less often than I would have expected and the “nuke your cookies and history" button is a fun feature. I've mostly moved to Firefox, though, just to get away from Chromium (although I realize the irony in that; my fingerprint is almost assuredly far more unique than if I stuck to Chromium).
HumanPerson@sh.itjust.works · 7 pts · 3y
You can always spoof your browser agent. It breaks only a few websites.
gutter564@feddit.uk · 3 pts · 3y
How do you do this on ddg app?
HumanPerson@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 3y
If they support some kind of extensions that should do it.
carloshr@feddit.cl · 4 pts · 3y
The only way I've used duckduckgo browser is for tracking protection feature and to get anti tracking email address. For internet browsing I prefer Mull
sma3in@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 3y
it's not bad but firefox focus is better imo
Catsrules@lemmy.ml · 4 pts · 3y
Never heard of it, what is it based on?
kworpy@lemm.ee · -8 pts · 3y
It's an internet privacy company that offers a variety of products to help protect your privacy, most notably a browser extension and it's own private search engine.
Catsrules@lemmy.ml · 3 pts · 3y
No not the company, the browser lol.
Like is ia a chromium based browser or Firefox or something else?
kworpy@lemm.ee · 0 pts · 3y
Based on the search results, it appears that the DuckDuckGo browser does not use Chromium. Instead, it uses Apple's WebKit rendering system , which is the same rendering engine used by Apple's Safari browser. DuckDuckGo has chosen to use WebKit instead of Chromium or Blink, the fork of WebKit used by Chromium-based browsers.
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henfredemars@infosec.pub · 3 pts · 3y
I like the browser. It never seems to break anything. My father uses it also. However, I must use Firefox with its built in Enhanced Tracking Protection in strict mode specifically to prevent Chrome domination.
cygnus@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 3y
It's the only browser I use. I like it because the only links I open are if I click a news article or something on social, and it auto-nukes history and cookies.
bappity@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 3y
it's pretty good! I wish it had support for PWAs though
WarmSoda@lemm.ee · 1 pts · 3y
I like it. I tend to use it more than Firefox recently. It seems to load most sites faster.
Not having a bunch of tabs remain open all the time is great. FF refuses to close them no matter what setting I use, and I always forget about them so it'll have like ten tabs in the background for no reason.
I also dgaf about what I searched for or where I went previously, so not having a history is great.
FF is mainly my YouTube app.
shortwavesurfer@monero.town · 1 pts · 3y
It is a good browser, but wouldnt get my location on degoogled lineage so i went to fennec. I submitted an issue to the ddg github about it and the response (after 3 months) was to brush me off because it worked fine with play services. Not encouraging for sure.