this post was submitted on 29 May 2026
245 points (100.0% liked)

DuckDuckGo

263 readers
6 users here now

DuckDuckGo Community

Community image taken from DDG

founded 3 years ago
MODERATORS
x15a2@lemmy.world
lazycouchpotato@lemmy.world
245
DuckDuckGo's 'No AI' Search Traffic Climbs as Users Reject Google's AI Overhaul (www.macrumors.com)
submitted 2 months ago by nemeski@mander.xyz to c/duckduckgo@lemmy.world
12 comments fedilink hide all child comments
top 12 comments
sorted by: hot top controversial new old
[–] OwOarchist@pawb.social 36 points 2 months ago (2 children)

DDG with AI turned off is the search engine for 2026.

[–] rockerface@lemmy.cafe 13 points 2 months ago

Been using it for slightly over a year, I think. Hadn't encountered any major issues worth complaining about. Also, it's free, which is kind of a big deal for someone from a low income country.

[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Never thought I'd love to see people so hot for Bing.

[–] OwOarchist@pawb.social 8 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Nothing wrong with Bing once you remove all the Microsoft from it.

[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

They're actually still collecting data from it.

[–] rockerface@lemmy.cafe 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Bing with no AI and no tracking isn't in itself bad, is the thing. Neither would Google be.

[–] T00l_shed@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago

What google once was

[–] jtrek@startrek.website 27 points 2 months ago

Yeah ai search is garbage. It's a lie machine. Fuck everyone responsible for it.

[–] Hegar@fedia.io 12 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I just used normal DDG to search 'bg3 skill build' and while the results had the pages i was looking for, the ai summary told me the basis of a bg3 skill build is 11 levels of bard and 3 levels of rogue. However the max level in game is 12.

Def gonna turn off the incorrect summary option.

[–] TachyonTele@piefed.social 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Yeah turn that shit off. Easy to do, just a click or two.

[–] SatyrSack@quokk.au 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

And you can add that to your browser as the default search engine:

https://noai.duckduckgo.com/?q=%25s

[–] TachyonTele@piefed.social 2 points 2 months ago

Very cool, i love it