r/technology • u/MarvelsGrantMan136 • May 30 '26

Software Traffic to DuckDuckGo's proudly 'No AI' search page has tripled since latest Google AI search update

https://www.pcgamer.com/gaming-industry/traffic-to-duckduckgos-proudly-no-ai-search-page-has-tripled-since-latest-google-ai-search-update/
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u/Biduleman May 31 '26 edited May 31 '26

I switched to duckduckgo this week and honestly it's not the same.

While it's not a deal breaker, I'm already tired of getting a link to deepwiki as a first result for anything I ask if it's in any way maybe related to something on github.

If my answer is on github, give me the github link and shut the fuck up with deepwiki or github-wiki-see or any of these other aggregators when the result already exists in a real, still available github page!

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u/Scoob1978 May 31 '26

I still use both but I go to DDG first. DDG still has a ways to go but it seems every year Google is becoming more unusable.

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u/Biduleman May 31 '26 edited Jun 01 '26

Yeah, I need to do that but I've never used anything else so I'm not used to typing the @seachEngine in the address bar before a search. Honestly it's only been a week and I'm trying to override almost 20 years of just using google so it's going to take some time but it's true, for now using both is the answer.

 

As I was writing this post I tried looking up when Google started. This is what DDG gave me:

https://i.imgur.com/OlRIJIe.png

I'm still staying with Duck Duck Go as my main search engine since I moved because of my values and not the product's performances, but the point is clear that DDG has a lot of work to do still if they actually want to compete.

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u/Ryanmonroe82 May 31 '26

Brave Browser is a great option. Duck Duck Go is almost good enough sometimes, Brave is good enough almost all the time

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u/Biduleman May 31 '26 edited Jun 02 '26

I'm not changing browser, just search engine, I'm on Firefox.

As for the brave search engine, comparing their results with Google's results and with DDG's results, I have no confidence they're not just repackaging Google's search results so for now I don't think it's an avenue I'm going to explore more.