Re:Twitter CEO Endorses DuckDuckGo
by distances on Thursday November 28, 2019 @02:51AM
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Another advantage of DDG: the result links are straight to the destination, unlike with Google where there's a tracking redirection in between. This is great on Android, as I can open the link straight in an app (like Wikipedia) without going to the page first and then launching the app.
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Yes, not to mention when you want to share the link in DDG you share the original link directly but in Google you'd share the redirector link.
Given Google's scale they probably don't care about the long tail of technical users such as us.
I tried this just now and this particularly seems to be a problem on Firefox.
On iOS (WebKit) and Chrome, Google’s search results can be copied just fine - there’s no redirector because Google uses hyperlink link auditing (<a href="..." ping="...">).
Firefox does support ping but disables it by default for privacy reasons.
Which is good, I guess, because now the link tracking is more apparent, but it does still happen and leads to a worse UX for the user.
Especially useful in the Images search to share the link or find the original image directly.
Re:Twitter CEO Endorses DuckDuckGo
by SmellyGeekBoy on Thursday November 28, 2019 @04:16AM
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I'd also noticed this behaviour but never really thought about why. I've been using DDG full time for a couple of years now and I've been very happy with it.