▲ 1435 ▼ DuckDuckGo installs are up 30% as users reject being ‘force-fed’ Google’s AI Search (techcrunch.com) submitted 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) by throws_lemy@lemmy.nz to c/technology@lemmy.world 242 comments fedilink hide all child comments EDIIT : Apparently, there is an issue with the warning request to disable the ad blocker I use Fennec F-Droid and Cromite, and I don't see this issue. to get around the adblocker warning, use this link. https://unwall.app/techcrunch.com/2026/05/26/duckduckgo-installs-are-up-30-as-users-reject-being-force-fed-googles-ai-search/
[–] frostysauce@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago (1 child) I did not know that. How does one go about doing so? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] cley_faye@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago People refer to this as the "udm=14" trick. Edit your search engine settings/add one (Firefox made this harder than it needs to be) so that the url is https://www.google.com/search?udm=14&q=%25s, and it will always display the "web" page first, which have zero "automatic" content on it; only a list of sites. At least for now. Or, use udm14.org, although it's adding yet another site in the mix, which is unnecessary. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] cley_faye@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago People refer to this as the "udm=14" trick. Edit your search engine settings/add one (Firefox made this harder than it needs to be) so that the url is https://www.google.com/search?udm=14&q=%25s, and it will always display the "web" page first, which have zero "automatic" content on it; only a list of sites. At least for now. Or, use udm14.org, although it's adding yet another site in the mix, which is unnecessary. permalink fedilink source parent