> I wouldn't be surprised if it's the same people now hating on them.

It seems like those people are still here defending ddg. They are even attacking the blog. Weird.

I use ddg as my default search and hope they are "privacy-first" as they claim ( thought I have my doubts ). At this point what other option is there? DDG search is noticably censored since they rely on bing. It's obvious to anyone who uses ddg regularly. Not sure why people here are making excuses for ddg or pretending otherwise. What I would give to get the google of old.

It's sad looking back on what google used to be. All the freedom and optimism of the 2000s is definitely gone.