• RaleighEnt
        -1•10 months ago

        I mean it’s kinda pointless to compare Google’s privacy features since they have none

        • Nobsi
          5•10 months ago

          Google is the default. How can you say that duckduckgo has good results if you dont compare them to google. Trash diagram.

          • 𝒍𝒆𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒏
            2•10 months ago

            Fully agree.

            We don’t even know what search query was used either, and what the criteria was used to grade seach engine.

            DDG’s results are perfectly fine to me - however for best results you shouldn’t structure search queries in the same way you would for Google

            IMO trying Google after using ddg for a couple years just shows some big weaknesses in the quality of Google’s results. Fake SEO clone sites et al ☹️

            • Nobsi
              1•10 months ago

              Maybe that’s why ddg doesnt click with me.
              How do i use ddg for technical questions that need some obscure forum posts from 15 years ago? I obly get stackoverflow and windows forums. Those arent helpful at all.

        • rz2000
          1•10 months ago

          They’re the worst in terms of being the panopticum, but I don’t understand how easy it is to buy data from them.

      • Dark ArcAEnglish
        5•10 months ago

        I don’t think that’s (intentionally) deceptive, it seems like two people talking past each other… I’ve been frustrated with customer support at a lot of places, I don’t take it to mean those places are bad though. Good customer support is expensive and hard.

        Thanks for sharing though, I’ll keep that in the back of my mind.

        Edit: I’m also curious why you care if they serve you geolocated results? That might be part of what the support agent was confused by.

        … also maybe tone it down a bit, I don’t think that other guy was trying to bait you and get you all hyped up.

        • @Linus_Torvalds@lemmy.world
          1•10 months ago

          While I feel like that in this case it is a non-problem, I could see while someone would like the ability to de-localize search results. Also agree on the rude aspect, thats just unworthy of such a civil discussion.

      • ramEnglish
        1•10 months ago

        Legitimately, what part of that was deceptive? They outright stated that those specialized widgets you can’t disable. Your post here is far more misleading in comparison.