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DuckDuckGo makes its 'no-AI' search engine easier to access as its traffic booms | TechCrunch (techcrunch.com)
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without stupid adblockblock https://archive.is/whZuI

also i wouldn't install their extension just for that, you can edit your default search engine to anu address you want in the settings

browser extensions are a huge privacy risk and i wouldn't trust ddg with my data because of their Microsoft deal, not to block their trackers (they reverted that part after the backlash) in the ddg browser and to only show msn under their news tab in regular ddg

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[-] M0oP0o@mander.xyz 4 points 4 days ago

Well shit

[-] echodot@feddit.uk 7 points 4 days ago

So don't click it then?

[-] M0oP0o@mander.xyz -2 points 4 days ago

Oh yeah, sounds like what they said before other search engines went to shit. Its right there.

[-] echodot@feddit.uk -1 points 3 days ago

Yeah you should probably look into their recent history before you say things like that.

[-] M0oP0o@mander.xyz 0 points 3 days ago

I guess the AI results that only started popping up recently on my duckduckgo are just my lack of skill. And no, I don't care to change settings at this time I am still using duckduckgo for my search engine. Just stop with the product bullshit, there is clearly AI used at duckduckgo at an ever increasing rate.

[-] echodot@feddit.uk 1 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Nope. I don't get any AI results and I've changed no settings. They used to be AI in DuckDuckGo everyone complained about it and they took it out. And this is using a VPN set to Canada so it should be the same results as you're getting. If I want AI have to click the assistive search button in the top right. Which I can see clearly is highlighted in your screenshot meaning you probably clicked it at some point and you need to unclick it.

[-] Mensh123@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago

https://duckduckgo.com/settings#aifeatures

Have fun!

Note: These settings are stored in your cookies and if you clear those, the settings will reset. That's why we have https://noai.duckduckgo.com/.

[-] ApertureUA@lemmy.today 0 points 3 days ago

If you are really that bothered by it:

.ai-searchbox_modeSelectorWrapper__GA6Ii, .header_aiChatButton__HbhQV {display: none !important;}

OR use SearXNG.

[-] echodot@feddit.uk 1 points 2 days ago

I mean they're complaining about the existence of a feature which despite their insistence to the country is in fact not enabled by default.

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