At least this one doesn’t have that annoying popup whenever you open it - had to switch back to google because of it.
If you go into your settings, there's the ability to have your configuration as URL parameters, so that you can bookmark a specific way of using it without needing a cookie or session ID. From https://start.duckduckgo.com/settings open the "Show Bookmark URL on the right and it has the string to use in your bookmark to bypass all the random things and always visit the site in your preferred design/setup.