Christine Lemmer-WebberMay 20
Set up https://noai.duckduckgo.com/ as my default search engine
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Show threadRichard RatheMay 20

@cwebber

I did the same as soon as I heard it was an option. 👍

For those who may have only a partial picture, it is my understanding that:

1) Main #DuckDuckGo is Bing (Microsoft) under the covers, with the #surveillance bits removed. This is a good start IMO.

2) For some reason, DDG feels compelled to promote its version of "#AI Assistance". You can politely refuse, but as soon as you delete cookies the promotions return. They also have support for "good ads" (which I also politely refuse, and then they return unbidden). Both features should be "opt-in" and not on by default! 🙄

3) The "noai." prefix yields the same DDG with all the AI cruft removed (https://noai.duckduckgo.com). 🙂

Anyone have better information than the above?

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Show threadMostlyTato
@nickrauchen @cwebber
I need to try the no ai page. The normal ddg annoys me. Ofc it doesn't keep its settings if you clear cookies so it's constantly pushing ai at you.
May 20 at 5:30pmWeb
Show threadRichard RatheMay 20

@MostlyTato @cwebber

Exactly! #OpOut should never be used for a #web page/service precisely because there are 1000s of good reasons to "delete all #cookies" including "I just felt like it."

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