Hello -- anyone have experience with DuckDuckGo?

[George McGovern]

[Bernardo de La Paz]

1. I use it almost exclusively. It is anonymous and plenty good enough.

It sends anonymous search requests to Microsoft Bing and reports back. Bing is not as good as Google, so about one out of 50 requests I specify Google.

[Tetrachloride]

2. Same.

[George McGovern]

11. Hi Tetrachloride. Thanks for your reply. I have to check with my wife. This is her computer.

[George McGovern]

10. Hi Bernardo de La Paz. Thanks for your reply. I have to check with my wife. This is her computer.

[LymphocyteLover]

3. Yes. It works reasonably well as a search engine and I like their principles

[George McGovern]

12. Hi LymphocyteLover. I"ll have to check first with my wife before trying it out.

This is her computer.

[CousinIT]

4. Yes. I use it daily. And duck.ai.

Highly recommend it.

[George McGovern]

13. Thanks CousinIT. This is my wife's computer -- I'll have to check with her first

before making any changes.

[Jilly_in_VA]

5. Been using it since 2010

Wouldn't use anything else.

[George McGovern]

14. Thanks Jilly_in_VA -- Before making browser changes I'll have to check with my wife --

I'm on her computer.

[Deuxcents]

6. Yes, I use it and am happy with it

[George McGovern]

15. Thanks Deuxcents. I've remembered I'm on my wife's computer and I'd better check

with her before switching browsers.

[Deuxcents]

19. I have Google and Duck on my iPad..mostly use Duck but I can use either one

[Attilatheblond]

7. used it for years

[George McGovern]

16. Thanks Attilatheblond. As I've been responding to others who've replied to me --

I'm on my wife's computer and I really need to check with her before messing with browsers.

[Attilatheblond]

21. I was referring to the search engine, not the browser.

Did download the browser, but I don't think it's better than firefox, so sticking with the fox for browsing. Duckduckgo.com is my go-to search engine

[Scrivener7]

8. I've used it for years. Never a problem. And coincidentally, I VERY seldom am spammed.

The only thing that I use Google for is to bootleg TV shows. (I know, I know, but I love Scandinavian Noir)

[George McGovern]

17. Thanks Scrivener7 -- I have to check with my wife before changing browsers --

I'm using her computer.

[Ritabert]

9. I use it because ads showing my city don't follow me around

...unlike Google.

[George McGovern]

18. Thanks Ritabert. I appreciate your reply. I am, however, using my wife's computer and

I need to check with her before checking out DuckDuckGo.

[CloudWatcher]

20. Switch!

I've been using them as my default search engine for years. Very very rarely I'll go to googe.com and do a search that returns better results than Duck Duck Go (for very odd/obscure queries), but it's great 99% of the time.

And their privacy can't be beat. I got really tired of doing a Google search only to see related items in my ad feeds for weeks afterwards. That just doesn't happen with DDG.

And ... that's before you even pull back the curtain on just how evil Google has become. Perhaps DDG will turn evil some day, but Google is already something to be avoided.

[George McGovern]

22. Thanks CloudWatcher.