I have always liked and used Duck duck go more than google but now i am considering if i should switch because of the shit they pulled with their app and yesterday when i clicked a link it took me directly to their newsletter subsciption page not even like a popup a proper page without any way except manually backing out . So is there a better alternative or is DDG still the best ?

  • Carighan Maconar@lemmy.world
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    7 months ago

    it’s also fascinating to see search sort of crumbling to rise again with a new generation

    That’s not fascinating to see, mostly because it just isn’t happening. Yes, search throughput on Google is dropping, but not because that traffic is going to smaller competitors. Some of it is going to Bing because most end users do not actively select a search:

    • Google Chrome is by-far the dominant browser, hence virtually all traffic goes to Google.
    • Microsoft Edge and the Windows start menu search are quite prevalent on Windows, hence a fair chunk of traffic goes to Bing.

    It’s important IMO to keep in mind we’re in a highly tech and anti-corporation echo chamber here, voluntarily. The information we consume might lead us to consume “search is crumbling”, but that attributes agency to people’s choice of search engine that just doesn’t exist. You use the search that is pre-installed, much like you use the browser that is pre-installed. Neither is a tool you want to choose, or even care that you can.