UprisingVoltage
Honestly yeah. There’s been some controversies in the past, but for someone who’s looking for a zero-effort way to browse privately and support the privacy scene (DDG donates a lot of money) it’s a great choice. Wouldn’t recommend their browser/extensions though
Jul 4, 2023 at 3:15pmWeb
Show threadCrypticCoffeeJul 4, 2023

Definitely would agree with this. The best of a bad bunch. I use it for nearly all my search.

Did see some sketchy stuff with the android app/browser so probably would avoid… and besides, I’m in a decades long relationship with firefox <3.

Show threadjanonymousJul 4, 2023
Do you use Firefox on mobile as well? I use the DDG browser and don’t whether I should switch. Haven’t heard what exactly is wrong with it, yet.
Show threadFippleStoneJul 4, 2023
I use Firefox almost exclusively on android and have nothing but glowing praise for it, it’s a solid experience
Show threadinspxtrJul 5, 2023
Just a note, the last time I used DDG browser on android while on VPN, the browser had some IP address leak. Not sure whether they fixed it.
Show threadUprisingVoltageJul 4, 2023

Exactly, there’s just no reason to use anything other than firefox on desktop

On mobile IN MY EXPERIENCE Firefox has always been unbearably slow. I’ve tried everything: getting it from play store, F-Droid and github, using the beta and nightly version, tried it with and without extensions: it sometimes took 10+ seconds to load some pages, I don’t know why. It’s been like this on other smartphone models too.

That’s why I use brave from mobile, it’s blazing fast and it has a lot of nice features, starting from the amazing bottom bar to their solid integrated adblocker and dark mode.

Show threadcucumberbobJul 4, 2023
I’m OOTL on DDG donations? What kinds of projects/people do they donate to, and how does that benefit pirates?
Show threadUprisingVoltageJul 4, 2023
I’m srey for the confusion, with “privacy scene” I meant orgs that fight for privacy/freedom on the internet, like Tor, EFF, Fight for the future and more. You can see who they donated to from their blog spreadprivacy.com/2022-duckduckgo-charitable-dona…
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2022 marks DuckDuckGo's twelfth year of donations—our annual program to support organizations that share our vision of raising the standard of trust online. This year, we're proud to donate to a diverse selection of organizations across the globe that strive for better privacy, digital rights, greater competition in online

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