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[–] Scotty_Trees@lemmy.world 15 points 2 years ago (12 children)

On Safari (iOS), Apple makes it easy to switch. Settings > Safari > Search Engine and select which one you want. I’ve been using DDG not quite a year and at first the change felt a lil jarring, but knowing I’m contributing less to Google’s ad revenue and their long list of privacy violations, I’m comfortable now sticking with DDG. Change isn’t always easy, convenient, or comfortable, but it can be done with just the tiniest bit of effort.

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[–] arin@lemmy.world 13 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Did DDG move away from consolidating results from Google and other engines?

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[–] Nihilore@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago (7 children)

I tried to switch to DDG as my default search on iOS but my adblocker doesn’t block ads on it but it does on google, so I switched back

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