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DAE feel like DuckDuckGo is now just as good as google for the vast majority of searches? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 13 hours ago by doubtingtammy@lemmy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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Not because DDG got better, but just because google got worse.

google is still better for site-specific searches, and google scholar still has minimal AI slop

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[–] dojan@lemmy.world 7 points 6 hours ago (2 children)

Google is mostly adverts. Wouldn’t take much to be better than that.

[–] Lyra_Lycan@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

76% of their Q2 2024 revenue came from adverts. I'd rather pay with capitalist-consumerist shit on my screen than pay with money, but as everyone knows it's far too invasive rn. Ergo, I use uBlock, sponsorblock and I don't care about cookies.

[–] suite403@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago

I finally left Google a month or so ago and its amazing how little I miss it.