This should be the top response. Just under it should be a DDG staffer telling us they will be turning this config option off by default starting with the the next release.

No, since it's incorrect. We're talking about the browser, not the search engine results.

I'm assuming that doesn't affect the browser, which is what this issue relates to.

Maybe you have to be logged in to DDG for this to work? Which if true feels that much worse.

What advantage does this give you? DDG just gave you a list of URLs, so how can it be "tracking" the results it just presented to you?

The issue, as I understand it, is that the Android app loads the favicon service for search results you actually open in the app.