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DuckDuckGo's Default Settings (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 month ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I'm curious what everyone thinks about DuckDuckGo's current settings. I have my browser settings set to delete history, cache and cookies on closing. This creates an issue when using duckduckgo as my primary search engine. Their 'default' settings (available right below the searchbar) seem far from privacy focused. AI Chat is on by default and used 'sometimes', as well as 'advertisting' and 'location' settings that are on by default. This requires me to have to change the settings every time I load my browser due to any settings I save being deleted by my browser setup. I don't want to install a duckduckgo extension. How do others deal with this? I know you can 'save anonymously' your settings in the cloud, but I'm not eager to do that.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

duckduckgo is one of the few search engines that doesn't require javascript to function.
Removes all the fancy stuff and leaves you with search results and nothing else.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

https://duckduckgo.com/duckduckgo-help-pages/settings/params/

You can put them in a bookmark or in the browser's search engine url.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

Why not just put an exception for saving ddg cookie so it remembers your settings?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Honestly with all this unnecessary ai slop I’m going to switch search engines. Any recommendations?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

I just started using https://leta.mullvad.net/ after another lemming mentioned it. Worth a try for sure.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 month ago

I think people hate it because crypto and all, but I use Brave search, to my knowledge (which isn't much) one of the only usable search engine that isn't using Google or Bing.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I stopped using it when I learned they censor search results. My beliefs aligned with theirs but I don't want a search that's censored. I'm adult enough that I can decide for myself what links I will or won't click on.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

What kind of results do they censor?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

Do they censor the results themselves or is it just because they are using a censored index (bing)?