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[–] dan@lemm.ee 16 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I use it everywhere but the search results are... variable. However it's plenty good enough for most situations.

I still switch back to Google if I'm not finding what I want (using DDG's !g keyword, which is pretty helpful - just add that anywhere in a search and it'll send you to Google), but at least I'm only doing that when I'm aware of it.

[–] Black616Angel@discuss.tchncs.de 23 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Use !s for startpage! It's essentially a Google proxy with more privacy.

[–] dan@lemm.ee 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] _pete_@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

I haven’t had this issue for a long time now, I’ve maybe done a Google search once in the last year and the results from it weren’t any better than those from DDG, plus the amount of excess shit on a Google SERP makes them utterly useless you are looking for the exact thing they’ve built a page for.