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DuckDuckGo installs are up 30% as users reject being ‘force-fed’ Google’s AI Search (techcrunch.com)
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EDIIT :

Apparently, there is an issue with the warning request to disable the ad blocker

I use Fennec F-Droid and Cromite, and I don't see this issue.

to get around the adblocker warning, use this link.

https://unwall.app/techcrunch.com/2026/05/26/duckduckgo-installs-are-up-30-as-users-reject-being-force-fed-googles-ai-search/

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[–] SeeSmudges@quokk.au 2 points 20 hours ago

i remember googling a script how to code in a something google engine with a -noai into my firefox. not one week passes and that search extension has somehow turned into an ai exclusive search engine swear to, uh, fuck. i forgot i can't believe i legitimately have to look this one up. Hieronymous Theodor Richter and Ferdinand Reich, gods of me breaking electronics whenever i walk into the fucking room. my religion is getting so goddamned weird my wife is right. anyways that was when i stopped using google for good and using duckduckgo. but even the duckduckgo-noai bullshit script did that, i did all the antivirus malwarebytes bullshit swear to... fuck. Hieronymous Theodor Richter and Ferdinand Reich. I really should have picked people to engodden with shorter and easier to remember names, like Pierre Jules Cesar Jannsenn. Anysays, i just ended up having to make a duckducklogin and tell it no ai which doesn't that defeat the purpose of going from the duck?