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You mean lesser evil? ddg
ddg is evil?
Sadly yes... But lesser and lesser
How so? Can you please provide something
https://youtu.be/-wePMUqnBn0
Here is an alternative Piped link(s):
https://youtu.be/-wePMUqnBn0
Piped is a privacy-respecting open-source alternative frontend to YouTube.
I'm open-source; check me out at GitHub.
They have their fair share of questionable practices. Most prominent was being in the bed with Micro$$oft. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DuckDuckGo#Controversies
I think they messed with search result ranking as well.
I don't know about evil, but my results have been filled with AI generated crap sites lately. I don't know if others are doing any better filtering them out, but it is making me think to look elsewhere besides ddg
I mean, which engine are you primarily using?
Primarily ddg.