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DuckDuckGo is good and getting better while Google is mire bloated and irrelevant by the minute…

So, Whenever I help a friend with their iDevice the first thing I do is change default searching to DDG.

End game: Google stops paying Apple and Apple buys DDG.

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I tried switching to DDG three times over last 6 years, and I always move back after I end up adding !g every second time when searching because the results are outrageously irrelevant. DDG does not understand me as Google does, bad or good thing it might be.

I had the exact opposite result. I've been using DDG for about 2 years and I rarely use Google now.

Even when DDG does well, very often I'll still add in a second search with !g in case Google has an even better result. Some searches have one answer (what's the population of Paris), whereas some searches have multiple answers and you want to pick the best result(s) (how to do x).

You're like the human version of malwarebytes. Sure I'll fix your computer, but I'm going to change your default search engine, oh you don't mind this toolbar either do ya? Bonzi Buddy over here.

You should feed your own ego a bit more and make their devices vote for Trump on next election because you seem to know better what they need. DDG is cool and usable but to go that far and change my family's or friends default SE with something else which is inferior, unexpected and uncalled for is just..rude to say the least. A tool is a tool and people should use the best there is otherwise you're just putting them on a competitive disadvantage in life since we use a SE for almost anything these days.

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