DuckDuckGo Gone Rogue
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Defaults matter. Every time you open a private browsing window, that's what you're going to get. Every time you use LibreWolf or Firefox Focus or any other browser that disables/clears cookies by default (which is a good practice), that's what you're going to get.
I don't want anything I search for going into OpenAI. Ever. I'd feel fine about this if they hosted their own models.
Like, sure. That's a valid argument. But it's not the end of the goddamn world because they make you click a button to use a completely free service.
If you're that pissed about it, then setup SearX yourself. Not sure why every "technologist" feels like their opinion is the only that matters and gets butthurt about shit like this.
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Am I the only one noticably receiving more adds on duck duck go last few days/week?
I feel like the adds and the AI response thing make it much worse.
Have to scroll a whole screen untill I see a organic result.
You can turn off ads in DDG settings. Better yet, use an adblocker like everyone should.
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Am I the only one noticably receiving more adds on duck duck go last few days/week?
I feel like the adds and the AI response thing make it much worse.
Have to scroll a whole screen untill I see a organic result.
Just FYI, duckduckgo has an agreement with Microsoft regarding ads.
https://duckduckgo.com/duckduckgo-help-pages/company/ads-by-microsoft-on-duckduckgo-private-search/
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I don't think it AI's your search immediately. It just shows you to option to generate an AI response. At least that's how it's been working for me. It's not doing anything unless you hit that button.
It’s been hit and miss for me. It feels like there’s some cached queries that it presents the AI results for without user interaction. But it’s very clearly marked.
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I switched to using searxng instances a while ago. Its getting the job done.
I think searx is using POST or something, which means you can't bookmark searches, they're broken in history, and
ifwhen you restart a browser, your search tabs get completely lost.It's been the worst search UI I've seen in the nearly 30 years I've used web searches.
Still use it, because of the alternatives.
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I don't think it AI's your search immediately. It just shows you to option to generate an AI response. At least that's how it's been working for me. It's not doing anything unless you hit that button.
Sometimes it is a button, but oftentimes it is just there by default
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I mean, this seems like a really stupid gripe. You can completely disable it for your searches: https://i.xno.dev/FUHSj.png
In addition, it gives you a way to interface with ChatGPT without an account, or using the API, and maintaining privacy... I see this as an absolute win. They stay competitive by including AI for people who can't live without, while making it completely optional. Offering
duck.aiis a smart move, too. I just don't see the issue here.Duck.ai is so good, I don't bother with anything else
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They've decided to incorporate ChatGPT.
Well, I think it's time to move to SearXNG as my main choice of a search engine...
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This. I fucking hate that it's opt out. Every goddamn time I open Firefox and run a search I gotta disable the stupid AI bullshit.
use ddg light, it has no AI
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They've decided to incorporate ChatGPT.
Not phrasing your queries as a question makes it more likely you will find what you are looking for in a traditional search
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They've decided to incorporate ChatGPT.
Openai has open models now
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Well, I think it's time to move to SearXNG as my main choice of a search engine...
I just did, it's really good!
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They've decided to incorporate ChatGPT.
Has something changed? This isn't news. Also why is this privacy related? No data is being exposed.
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I just did, it's really good!
I also did it. I did need an extension for it for Firefox for some reason.
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I use ducks AI chat to help me with small tasks and its honestly pretty great. Always worked and has provided me with useful results.
They claim its anonymous, maybe they are lying, maybe they are not. I make sure to rinse anything I put in there first just in case.
I really worry about places that claim that AI access is anonymous.
The models they're using aren't super cheap to run and they don't get a lot cheaper with scale.
When you are the product, and the anonymize the data that they sell to people, They still have your correlations there somewhere. If they get hacked, or sold, with a simply change their business model you are at risk.
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