Can DuckDuckGo replace Google search while offering better privacy?

Following last week’s article about privacy and surveillance capitalism, several readers wrote in about the absence of DuckDuckGo, and it was mentioned a dozen times in the comments. I have suggested this privacy-oriented search engine a few times since 2012, and I think it’s worth a go. However, I’m answering Murray’s earlier query along the same lines because I can use his email verbatim rather than cobbling together a joint question from multiple sources.

Definitely yes!

Yes, been doing that for a long time

Yes

Google's results will always be better than bing's (which is what ddg uses). You can keep google's results AND your privacy by using startpage, which is also located in Europe!

Absolutely.

Without any doubt!

I’ve used it for years and never looked back

Without advertising? Probably not, I've had to tell people I know about it because non-technical people know Google and Bing (if you're lucky).

I have used it for several years and it's aging like a fine wine!

Anything it outplays Google?

Yes

No, because it is powered by the other evil empire ... Microsoft Bing.

And, more importantly, can it please start a YouTube alternative?

Definitely yes!! Duck duck go is the future!

Well it blocked 5 trackers when I clicked on this article so yes I think so

Google is actually a lot LESS useful than it was. When you search now, all you see are a load of ads instead of the actual web pages. I remember using it when writing a French essay ... I could easily bring up examples of how words were used like a giant vocabulary corpus

google is the catholics in action, CIA.

I use it and have done for a long long time

Easy one. No

I'll stick with Ask Jeeves

🤔

Not unless it can become an English verb.

YES.

Yes been using it for a year now, much prefer it

Stopped using Google 18 months ago and have not missed being spied on one bit. I love DuckDuckGo

Yes

Yes. Its not quite as wide ranging but it does a good job.

If it improves its algorithm and google keeps getting worse with its spying, censorship and other bullshit, then it might

No. Stop trying to reinvent the wheel.

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