Exactly this. I read the article and thought it actually sounds like a nice service, but after getting this ad when searching “depression” on DDG last year, I don’t think I’ll ever trust them again lol.
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thingsiplay@beehaw.org 5 months ago
I don’t trust Fuck (lol typo, it was an accident, f and d are really close!) DuckDuckGo and stopped using it since the “relevant” ads from Microsoft: duckduckgo.com/…/ads-by-microsoft-on-duckduckgo-p… I personally don’t trust them.
Rather use an open source search engine like SearxNG . If you don’t want host your own search engine, then use a third-party hosted one: https://searx.space/ and probably switch from time to time. Sometimes the search results are slower or not as good, but that is a price I pay.
papaya@possumpat.io 5 months ago
Exec@pawb.social 5 months ago
I don’t trust Fuck (lol typo, it was an accident, f and d are really close!)
FuckFuckNo
lemmyreader@lemmy.ml 5 months ago
FckFckGo. I see what you did there.
+1 for the SearxNG. That project deserves wide spread attention as far as I am concerned.