I can’t find any sources to corroborate this claim. Can you link some sources?
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Unleaded8163@fedia.io 3 weeks agoMy understanding is that they outsource the search part to bing's search back-end. Saying DDG is just Bing is like saying two butchers are the same because they get their meat from the same supplier.
DahGangalang@infosec.pub 2 weeks ago
Unleaded8163@fedia.io 2 weeks ago
It looks like Bing is just a part of the answer: https://duckduckgo.com/duckduckgo-help-pages/results/sources
Most of our search result pages feature one or more Instant Answers. To deliver Instant Answers on specific topics, DuckDuckGo leverages many sources, including specialized sources like Sportradar and crowd-sourced sites like Wikipedia. We also maintain our own crawler (DuckDuckBot) and many indexes to support our results. Of course, we have more traditional links and images in our search results too, which we largely source from Bing. Our focus is synthesizing all these sources to create a superior search experience.
Whostosay@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
With all due respect, I don’t enough enough about butchering but it sounds far less complicated than what we’re talking about
Rug_Pisser@piefed.zip 3 weeks ago
Outsourcing back ends is one of the key parts of being a butcher.
rockerface@lemmy.cafe 3 weeks ago
Some people get paid good money for outsourcing their back end. Some also get paid for outsourcing other peoples’ back ends, but that is generally frowned upon.
Whostosay@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
When they’re frowning are they doing that at a fur coat and gold chain?