Why would DDG include a button to a competing search engine, considering they already have !g? It’s implicitly saying that, “our search results aren’t that great, here’s a direct button to search Google for the same thing.”
I think you misunderstand. What DDG would be saying is: "Here are our results; in case you didn't find what you were looking for, here's a button that will give you Google's results".
Having this button will make me use DDG more, not less.
> Honestly, without this button, I doubt if I will ever start using DDG much.
"!g" is a fallback, not a default action. Seems to me pretty reasonable. Using it you're actually skipping ddg, not using it.
That's why the "!g" button should be below the search results.
Re:DuckDuckGo Raises $10M
by computerfriend on Wednesday August 29, 2018 @05:43AM
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Focus, long press "n", "g", enter.
On mobile, typing "!g" takes 7 actions (including the focus, space and enter). DDG should make a button for it, below the search results, so you can easily revert to Google if you didn't find what you were looking for.
Honestly, without this button, I doubt if I will ever start using DDG much.