DuckDuckGo search saw 28% more visits after Google said people love AI mode
https://www.pcgamer.com/hardware/duckduckgos-ai-free-search-saw-nearly-28-percent-more-visits-in-the-week-following-googles-insistence-that-people-love-ai-mode/
160 points · 11 comments · view on lemmy.world
11 Comments
DaddleDew@lemmy.world · 25 pts · 98d
They "love" AI mode. Just like everyone "loved" Google+.
I wonder if Alphabet's investors realise when they're being lied to like that.
PMmeTrebuchets@lemmy.zip · 8 pts · 98d
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.
lps2@lemmy.ml · 4 pts · 98d
I loved Google+ and Google Wave
idriss@lemmy.ml · 3 pts · 98d
it was my only social presence, it was also the only place Linus Torvalds place where he shared his updates
ParlimentOfDoom@piefed.zip · 2 pts · 97d
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.
13igTyme@piefed.social · 5 pts · 98d
I switched my phone search months ago.
binarytobis@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 98d
I wish my phone allowed noai DDG by default.
joat_mon@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 98d
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.
lvxferre@mander.xyz · 4 pts · 98d
binarytobis@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 98d
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.
TommySoda@lemmy.world · -5 pts · 98d
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.
Footer1998@crazypeople.online · 6 pts · 98d
Yeah, sometimes DDG struggles, but you can always just add !g to the start of the search term to quickly search Google from DDG