So the DU site search available to everyone (search icon, upper right corner) is now DuckDuckGo and NOT Google?

[usonian]

4. DDG has its failings, and I let them know in four-letter words, but it is a million light years ahead of Google.

Google completely pollutes search results with AI trash.

DDG gives you a chance to bypass AI trash.

DDG *does* put "results" (using it outside DU) of useless shit to buy ahead of actual search results, but

DDG DOES NOT STORE YOUR SEARCH QUERIES beyond one day. Caches are cleared.
GOOGLE REMEMBERS EVERYTHING FOREVER (and sells to sleazy ad brokers and anyone claiming to have a warrant)

DDG, unless you block ads, serves ads based only on your search terms and geolocation (so use a VPN) whereas Google keeps a profile of you (they disclaim it, liars that they are, but I am sure that they keep "shadow profiles" of people who are not signed in to Google, based on snooping on your system and browser. )


DDG very often has to be tricked with advanced search terms not to return results which are movies, shit to sell, popular music, etc.or the reverse.