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Do you think DuckDuckGo is a good choice for people who are concerned about their privacy?
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this post was submitted on 04 Jul 2023
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Compared to Chrome their browser is probably better for privacy and also zero-effort, if you can get past the lack of features. I think using it as a private/incognito window is pretty feasible, but yeah, it's hard to recommend as a default browser
Why not use Firefox for a privacy browser?
I use it as my default phone browser. I like it just because it doesn't have any history at all unless you whitelist a site (they call it fireproofing). Not that I don't want anyone to see what I've looked at on the internet, but because I don't care what I've already seen.
The other browsers, and especially searches, all pop up your most recent searches. They keep a history of it. Even fucking wikipedia does it. It's annoying. DDG is just simply there, and that's a great experience for me when I browse.
All the privacy stuff went out the window years ago. I'm not concerned with all that.
Agree