I love the idea of duckduckgo but man the results suck
Sadly, this is my experience too
It's Google ten years ago, which was already shit. They need to go further back on the timeline.
I haven't had much problems with it? Can't really remember the last time I felt the need to try a different backup search engine. And, usually, if I did, I wouldn't find what I was looking for there, either.
It's extra funny because DDG is (mostly) Bing.

self host use VPN etc
This is accurately accurate.
The most accurate kind of accuracy.
Bing is still the best search engine for porn
and DDG by proxy
Can a scientist plz confirm?
Hello. I beat my meat like an unruly son. Bing is still the king of porn results.
Low and mid have the browser above the search engine, high breaks consistency with the engine over the browser ๐
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